Kourtney Stevenson was allegedly caught on camera spraying meal with chemical that later sickened customers

Kourtney Stevenson was allegedly caught on camera spraying meal with chemical that later sickened customers

A driver for the popular food delivery platform DoorDash has been arrested after allegations that she showered an order with pepper spray in plain view of a doorbell camera, sickening a customer and his wife, according to authorities in Indiana.

Kourtney Stevenson faces counts of felony battery and consumer product tampering, the Vanderburgh county sheriff’s office said in a statement on Friday, addressing a case that is bound to be of significant interest to DoorDash’s 42 million or so users.

Stevenson, 29, allegedly told investigators that she used the pepper spray in question to try to kill a spider that had frightened her, but they did not believe her, saying it was too cold at the time of the delivery for that kind of creature to be out.

  • yesman@lemmy.world
    53·
    2 days ago

    don’t put shit in people’s food. It’s a serious felony as it should be.

    In my town a waiter put eyedrops into a rude customers drink. He went to the hospital and she went to prison.

    • naeap@sopuli.xyz
      11·
      2 days ago

      What kind of eye drops can that be, that are okay for the eyes but poison you, when swallowed? Oo

      Somehow my understanding was, that the eyes are much more sensitive to stuff like that

      • foenix@lemmy.radio
        23·
        2 days ago

        Nope, certain eye drops can cause renal/kidney failure. Your eyes are definitely sensitive to other kinds of chemicals, but the eyes and stomach can be considered to be different bio mechanical factories

          • Natanael@infosec.pub
            3·
            1 day ago

            If it’s for medicinal purposes, absolutely. There’s a reason every organ has multiple layers of their own filtering so stuff don’t end up in the wrong place, and lots of medicines are really potent stuff that absolutely shouldn’t end up in places where there’s no filtering in place for that kind of chemical. Very tiny amounts of literal neurotoxins can be used medicinally by putting them in the right places, and the very same very tiny amounts would kill you instantly if put in the wrong places.

      • Zorcron@piefed.zipEnglish
        14·
        2 days ago

        It can happen. Systemic absorption as opposed to only local effects of eye drops can have a big impact, and if you’re trying to poison someone, you’re probably putting in most of a bottle of eye drops (5-15ml) instead of the few drops you would put in your eye, so potentially a ~100x higher dose.

        Just thinking briefly about it, I think the more dangerous eye drops would cause lower blood pressure if taken orally or potential kidney problems depending on the drug.

        It would probably have to be a high dose to seriously affect a healthy young person, but an older person or someone with underlying health issues or other interacting medications could more easily be affected.