A Tyson Foods executive has been suspended after being arrested in Arkansas early Thursday morning.
John Randall Tyson, who served as the company’s chief financial officer and is the grandson of the founder, was arrested for driving while intoxicated by the University of Arkansas Police Department around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to the British Daily Mail. Prison records.
He was released from custody nine hours later after posting $1,105 bail.
Tyson Foods released a statement Addressing Tyson’s arrest, stating that the company was aware of the “alleged DWI arrest.”
“Tyson Foods has suspended Mr. Tyson from his duties effective immediately,” the statement read.
The company announced that Curt Callaway, one of the company’s chief financial officers, has been named interim CFO.
Tyson Foods CFO arrested and charged in 2022
Tyson was previously arrested on charges of public intoxication and trespassing after he entered a woman’s home and slept in her bed in November 2022, USA TODAY previously reported.
A woman called police after entering her home and saying a man she did not know was sleeping in her bed, according to a preliminary report obtained by USA TODAY. Tyson was allegedly asleep in a bedroom of the house, and his clothes were on the floor when police arrived. Authorities looked at the man’s driver’s license and identified him as Tyson.
“Tyson was not invited to stay at the residence and the occupants did not know who he was,” the report states. He was lethargic and wanted to sleep, according to the report.
He was placed under arrest on charges of criminal trespassing and public intoxication, USA TODAY reported.
Contributing: Marina PetovskyUSA Today
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