North Carolina man arrested after taking nearly $40,000 for home improvements that were never done, deputies say

North Carolina man arrested after taking nearly $40,000 for home improvements that were never done, deputies say

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) -- A man was arrested in Wayne County after three people reported that he took nearly $40,000 for promised home improvements that were never finished, deputies said Friday. Anthony Tyrone Smoot, 55, of Paul Michael Circle in Pikeville, was charged with four counts of obtaining advances under the promise to work and pay for same, according to a Wayne County Sheriff's Office news release. "Three people reported that Smoot ac…