DoorDash Driver Arrested for Spraying Pepper Spray on Food Order

A DoorDash delivery driver was arrested in Kentucky on Friday after allegedly spraying pepper spray on a customer's Arby's order in Evansville, Indiana, leaving a man and his wife choking and vomiting shortly after consumption, authorities said.

The incident occurred just after midnight on December 7, when Mark Cardin and his wife ordered food through the app from the fast-food chain. Within minutes of eating, Cardin's wife began gasping for air and threw up, while both experienced burning sensations in their mouths, throats, noses, and stomachs, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office. Cardin examined the delivery bag and noticed residue on it, prompting him to review footage from their home doorbell camera.

The video captured the driver, later identified as 29-year-old Kourtney Stevenson, placing the bag on the doorstep, taking a confirmation photo for the app, and then spraying a substance from a small aerosol canister attached to her keychain before walking away. Authorities believe the substance was pepper spray. Cardin immediately contacted DoorDash, but the driver had blocked him on the app. He then reported the matter to police and posted images from the...