Police: Tyson CFO arrested for public intoxication after falling asleep in stranger's bed

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The chief financial officer of Arkansas-based Tyson Foods was arrested early Sunday morning after being found sleeping in a stranger's bed, police said.

According to the Fayetteville Police Department, 32-year-old John R. Tysonwas arrested shortly after 2 a.m. for criminal trespass and public intoxication after a woman returned home and found Tyson asleep in her bed.

A college-age female was very alarmed that a male who she did not know was inside of her residence uninvited," the police report said.

The report said the woman called police and they were able to identify him from his wallet after they found his clothing on the floor near the bed.

Police said they woke Tyson and he sat up but did not verbally respond.

"After briefly sitting up, Tyson laid back down and attempted to go to sleep," the police report said. "There was an odor of intoxicants coming from Tyson's breath and person. Tyson's movements were sluggish and uncoordinated."

Police added that the fourth-generation Tyson heir was not invited to stay at the home and that the occupant did not know who he was.

Because of Tyson's unlawful presence in a house, where he was not invited, paired with the odor of intoxicants, and his general demeanor when confronted by uniformed officers demonstrated his likelihood to endanger himself, others, property, and cause unreasonable annoyance to people surrounding him due to his level of intoxication, he was placed under arrest for criminal trespass and public intoxication," the police report said.

Tyson joined the family company in 2019 and oversees the procurement and worldwide finance and accounting functions.