A prime US govt at plant-based meals firm Past Meat has been charged with felony battery after a combat exterior a school soccer recreation through which he was accused of biting a person’s nostril.
Doug Ramsey was additionally charged with making a terroristic menace after the assault Saturday in a parking storage exterior a College of Arkansas soccer recreation in Fayetteville.
Past Meat stated Tuesday it has suspended Ramsey indefinitely.
In response to a police report, Ramsey was angered when one other driver inched in entrance of him in a visitors lane and made contact with the entrance passenger wheel on Ramsey’s Ford Bronco SUV.
The police report alleges that Ramsey obtained out of his automobile and punched via the again windshield of the opposite driver’s automotive. The driving force instructed police he obtained out of his automotive and Ramsey pulled him shut and commenced punching him. Ramsey additionally bit the tip of the opposite driver’s nostril, ripping the flesh, in keeping with the police report.
The driving force and witnesses instructed police that Ramsey threatened to kill the opposite man. Occupants of each automobiles obtained out and separated the 2 males.
Washington County court docket information present Ramsey was launched Sunday on a $16,600 bond. A court docket look is scheduled for Oct. 19. Court docket officers had been unable to offer the title of an lawyer for Ramsey on Tuesday.
Ramsey, 53, spent greater than 30 years at Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Meals earlier than becoming a member of Past Meat as chief working officer late final yr. He held prime management positions at Tyson, together with president of its poultry division and president of its international McDonald’s enterprise.
At Past Meat, he has guided partnerships with quick meals firms together with McDonald’s, Panda Categorical and KFC.
Past Meat stated Jonathan Nelson, its senior vice chairman for manufacturing operations, will oversee the corporate's operations on an interim foundation.
Past Meat shares hit a 52-week low of $23.86 Tuesday earlier than closing at $23.95. The corporate's shares have tumbled greater than 75 p.c because the begin of this yr.
The El Segundo, California-based firm has struggled as prospects coping with hovering grocery payments have bypassed its higher-priced merchandise. McDonald's additionally lately ended a US trial of its McPlant meatless burger — developed with Past Meat — with out confirming future plans for the product.
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Past Meat laid off 4 p.c of its workforce in August.