A DoorDash driver accused of dousing a customer’s order in a substance in Indiana told authorities that she had been trying to target a spider with pepper spray, officials said Friday.

Kourtney Stevenson, who was captured on the customers’ doorbell camera using the spray while making a delivery in Evansville on Dec. 7, told detectives with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office that she is “terrified of spiders,” the agency said in a news release.

“The overnight low was 35°F,” the release states. “At that temperature, outdoor spiders in Indiana are not active and would not be capable of crawling on exposed surfaces.”

Stevenson, 29, was arrested after she canceled an in-person interview with the detectives, the agency said.

She faces four felonies — two counts of battery resulting in

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