Tyson Foods CFO found asleep in the wrong bed — and the wrong home, Arkansas cops say
The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods was arrested after he was found sleeping in the wrong bed in the wrong house, Arkansas police told news outlets.
John Tyson, who serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Arkansas-based food processing giant, was arrested on Nov. 6 on charges of public intoxication and criminal trespass, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Tyson Foods did not immediately respond to a request for comment from McClatchy News. The company told CBS MoneyWatch in an email that it was aware of the incident and called it a “personal matter.”
A woman called Fayetteville police shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, to report that she had just arrived home to find a strange man sleeping in her bed, KNWA/KFTA reported.
Fayetteville police did not immediately respond to a request for information from McClatchy News.
When officers arrived, they tried to wake up the man, who was later identified as Tyson, and he briefly sat up, but then “lay back down and tried to resume sleeping,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Police also said there was “an odor of intoxicants on his breath and body,” the outlet reported.
Tyson, who is the great-grandson of the company’s founder, began working for Tyson Foods in 2019, according to his bio page on the company’s website.
He leads the “sustainability and enterprise strategy teams.”
Tyson was released on a $415 bond at around 8:40 p.m. on Nov. 6, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Tyson Foods is the world’s second-largest meat processor and sells products under multiple brands, including Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm, according to Fortune.
Founded in 1935, the company operates chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods processing plants, according to Forbes. This year, its reported revenue is nearly $50 billion, according to the outlet.
Fayetteville is about 200 miles northwest of Little Rock.
This story was originally published November 7, 2022 at 3:31 PM with the headline "Tyson Foods CFO found asleep in the wrong bed — and the wrong home, Arkansas cops say."