The Unbelievable Reason Why The Tyson Foods CFO Was Arrested
The Tyson Foods CFO was arrested for entering the wrong home and falling asleep in a bed that was not his white he was allgedly intoxicated.
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Tyson Foods CFO, John Tyson was arrested in Arkansas after allegedly becoming intoxicated and falling asleep in the wrong house. The meat processing company’s 32-year-old executive was charged with public intoxication and trespassing at the Washington County Detention Center at 2:23 am. He was released on Sunday evening after paying a $415 bond and is due in court on December 1st, according to police records.
The Tyson Foods CFO was found asleep at a house in the 400 block of North Mock Avenue in Fayetteville in the early hours of Sunday morning. The company’s headquarters are located in Springdale, about 10 miles northeast of Fayetteville. The college-age woman who lives in the home called the police about a potential burglary after having left her front door unlocked.
When the woman returned home, she found “a male she did not know asleep in her bed.” An officer found the Tyson Foods CFO’s clothes on the floor and identified him by an ID in his wallet. After being awakened by the responding officer, Tyson sat up in bed but did not verbally respond, NBC News reports. He then lay back down and tried to go back to sleep.
According to the police report, the Tyson Foods CFO reeked of intoxicants while his movements were sluggish and uncoordinated. Once it was determined that he had not been invited to stay at the home and was not known to the residents, he was arrested. Speaking to CNN Business via email, the meat processing company said, “We’re aware of the incident and as this is a personal matter, we have no additional comment.”
As the son of the company’s Chairman John H. Tyson and the great-grandson of founder John W. Tyson, the 32-year-old was named Tyson Foods CFO in late September when his predecessor Stewart Glendinning moved on to lead the corporation’s prepared foods division. After working in investment banking, private equity, and venture capital he joined the family’s meat processing business in 2019
The Tyson Foods CFO’s arrest comes on the heels of public misconduct by another high-profile senior executive at a food company. Former Chief Operating Officer at Beyond Meat, Doug Ramsey, left the company shortly after his arrest for assault. He was arrested in September on charges of “terroristic threatening” and third-degree battery after he allegedly bit a man’s nose following an Arkansas college football game.
According to CNN Business, Ramsey was released on an $11,000 bond the following day. Beyond Meat suspended the executive following the incident and he left the company in October. Jonathan Nelson, who was overseeing Ramsey’s role on an interim basis following his suspension, was later appointed as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Operations. Fortunately, Tyson Foods CFO’s charges are not as serious.
Away from Tyson Foods CFO’s arrest, the company recently announced a partnership with Tanmiah Food Co. Revealed on November 3rd, the agreement aims to expand the poultry capacity of Supreme Foods Processing, which is a subsidiary of Tanmiah. The deal will help the company to increase its capacity of chicken production by 100,000 tons per year and its daily processing capacity to over one million, Meat+Poultry reports.
