LETS START WITH BREAKING NEWS JUST IN OUR NEWSROOM… UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS POLICE ARRESTED “JOHN RANDAL TYSON” OVERNIGHT. HE IS CHARGED WITH D-WI. Custody records show TYSON was BOOKED AFTER 1:30 this morning. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED– AND IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON JULY 15. TYSON PLEAD GUILTY OF CRIMINAL VIOLATION AND CHARGES OF PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN CONNECTION WITH A NOVEMBER 20-22 INCIDENT. THE MOST POLICE REPORT SHOWS A FEMALE COLLEGE FRIEND ASLEEP IN HER BED. THEY DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER. IN RESPONSE– TYSON FOODS SUSPENDED JOHN RANDAL TYSON FROM HIS POSITION AS FINANCIAL OFFICER.
Tyson CFO John Tyson is arrested for DWI and reckless driving
John Tyson was arrested Thursday by University of Arkansas Police
Updated: 12:54 PM CDT June 13, 2024
John Tyson, CFO of Tyson Foods, was arrested again Thursday on charges of DWI and reckless driving. After the arrest, Tyson Foods said he had been suspended from that position. Booking information from the Washington County Detention Center shows Tyson was arrested at 1:32 a.m. Thursday and released nine hours later at 10:41 a.m. He will appear in court on Friday. Reckless driving. We reached out to Tyson Foods and received the following statement: “We are aware that John Randal Tyson, Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Foods, was arrested for an alleged DWI. Tyson Foods has suspended Mr. Tyson from his duties effective immediately and named Curt Calaway as interim Chief Financial Officer.” Previous Arrest This is not the first time John Tyson has been arrested in Fayetteville. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges in Fayetteville District Court last year. According to a police report, a college-aged woman found a strange man sleeping in her bed when she returned home early one morning in November 2022. The woman called the police. The man was identified as Tyson and was arrested and taken to jail. He apologized to investors in a phone call after the arrest, saying he was committed to making sure it never happened again. John R. Tyson, a fourth-generation member of the Tyson family, was hired by the Tyson company. in 2019.
John Tyson, CFO of Tyson Foods, was arrested again Thursday on charges of DWI and reckless driving.
After the arrest, Tyson Foods said he had been suspended from that position.
Booking information from the Washington County Detention Center shows Tyson was arrested at 1:32 a.m. Thursday and released nine hours later at 10:41 a.m.
He will appear in court on Friday.
He is facing charges of DWI, Improper U-Turn and Careless Driving.
We reached out to Tyson Foods and received the following statement: “We are aware that John Randal Tyson, Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Foods, was arrested for an alleged DWI. Tyson Foods has suspended Mr. Tyson from his duties effective immediately and named Curt Calaway as interim Chief Financial Officer.”
Previous arrest
This is not the first time John Tyson has been arrested in Fayetteville. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges in Fayetteville District Court last year.
A college-aged woman found a strange man sleeping in her bed when she returned home early one morning in November 2022, according to a police report.
The woman called the police. The man was identified as Tyson and was arrested and taken to jail.
He apologized to investors in a phone call after the arrest, saying he was committed to making sure it never happened again.
John R. Tyson, a fourth-generation member of the Tyson family, was hired by the Tyson Company in 2019.