Man with history of toe sucking offences appears in court

A man has appeared in court for allegedly sucking the toes of a female Walmart shopper as she tried on shoes inside a North Carolina store. Michael Anthony Brown, 31, has been charged with assault in connection with the incident on Monday morning at a Walmart in Lincolnton, a city about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.



After investigators publicised the toe sucking, and released photos from a Walmart surveillance camera, a police officer from another North Carolina city recognized Brown, who police reported is “a registered sex offender that has been charged with similar crimes in the past.”

Police allege that Brown approached the 35-year-old victim inside Walmart and struck up a conversation with her “about shoes.” Claiming to be a podiatry student, Brown somehow talked the victim into trying on several pairs of footwear in the store’s shoe department. The woman told officers that she “believed the subject may have been a WalMart employee.”


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While helping the woman try on shoes, Brown allegedly took her foot, placed it in his mouth, and “began to suck on the victim’s toes.” When the woman became upset, Brown allegedly offered to pay for her groceries. Booked into jail on a felony count, Brown is being held in lieu of a $50,000 secured bond.