Local restaurant owner arrested for animal cruelty

Local restaurant owner arrested for animal cruelty

Neuse News
Local News, Crime

Fifty-year-old Fernando Montell Hicks, the owner of Beary Smokey Smokehouse, was arrested on May 2, 2023, on felony charges of animal cruelty in Pitt County with a court date of January 24, 2024. He was given a $10,000 secured bond.

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