Tyson Meals CFO arrested for public intoxication, falling asleep in fallacious home

Tyson Meals CFO John Tyson was arrested early Sunday in Arkansas after allegedly turning into intoxicated and falling asleep within the fallacious home.

Tyson, 32, was charged with public intoxication and trespassing and booked in Washington County jail. Tyson Meals is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

A girl who didn’t know Tyson allegedly discovered him asleep in her mattress round 2 a.m., in accordance with native tv station KNWA/Fox24, which cited a police report. Tyson’s breath smelled of alcohol, and he was unable to verbally reply to police, the station reported. The girl advised police that she believed the entrance door was unlocked.

Tyson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. A consultant for Tyson Meals stated in a press release to CNBC that the corporate is conscious of the incident however is not going to be commenting additional, calling it a “private matter.”

Tyson was named chief monetary officer for the corporate in late September, when his predecessor Stewart Glendinning was tapped to steer the corporate’s ready meals division. He joined the corporate in 2019 after working in funding banking, non-public fairness and enterprise capital.

Tyson is the son of the corporate’s chairman, John H. Tyson, and the great-grandson of founder John W. Tyson. The corporate is scheduled to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Nov. 14.

Tyson is the second outstanding C-suite meals government to be arrested in Washington County over the past two months. Past Meat Chief Working Officer Doug Ramsey — a former Tyson government himself — was arrested in September for allegedly biting a person’s nostril. Past Meat suspended after which fired Ramsey.

Ramsey’s alleged assault occurred in a parking storage altercation close to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville after a College of Arkansas soccer recreation. The faculty celebrated homecoming this weekend however misplaced the soccer recreation on Saturday.

Tyson, who’s a lecturer on the college’s enterprise faculty, was arrested a couple of mile away from the stadium.