Tyson CFO, additionally the chairman’s son, arrested for public intoxication, trespassing

Tyson Meals CFO John Tyson was arrested early Sunday in Arkansas after allegedly changing into intoxicated and falling asleep within the incorrect 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 line 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 instructed police that she believed the entrance door was unlocked.

Tyson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. A consultant for Tyson Meals mentioned in a press release to CNBC that the corporate is conscious of the incident however won’t 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, personal 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 distinguished C-suite meals govt to be arrested in Washington County over the past two months. Past Meat Chief Working Officer Doug Ramsey — a former Tyson govt 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 altercationnear Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville after a College of Arkansas soccer sport. The faculty celebrated homecoming this weekend however misplaced the soccer sport on Saturday.

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