--- title: Man Pretends to Be Podiatrist and Sucks Woman's Toes at Walmart description: Always check the credentials of the foot doctor canonical: https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-21T17:19:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:01.463Z og:title: Fake Podiatrist Accused Of Sucking Toes at Walmart og:description: Always check the credentials of the foot doctor og:url: https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteea5cf1fc996658a/6986869ad0b6f24f6a3035b1/170882084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5400 og:image:height: 3038 og:image:alt: 170882084 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fake Podiatrist Accused Of Sucking Toes at Walmart twitter:description: Always check the credentials of the foot doctor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteea5cf1fc996658a/6986869ad0b6f24f6a3035b1/170882084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fake Podiatrist Accused Of Sucking Toes at Walmart > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 21, 2014 5:19 PM UTC  Caucasian woman's feet floating in tropical water Caucasian woman's feet floating in tropical water PBNJ Productions—Getty Images/Blend Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 21, 2014 5:19 PM UTC It is the [first time in 21 years of law enforcement ](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03/21/pkg-nc-fake-podiatrist-sucks-woman-toes.wbtv.html)that Det. Dennis Harris ever got a call like this one. A woman, Erica Porras, reported that when she stopped by Wal-Mart to try on some discounted shoes, a man had approached her with an offer of assistance. He informed Porras that he was in training to be a foot doctor and wanted to help her find comfortable shoes. The man had the 37-year old mother of two remove her shoes and socks and then he examined her feet, photographed them and then allegedly licked her toes and stuck her foot in his mouth. Porras balked. The man begged for forgiveness, offering to pay for her groceries if she wouldn’t report him. She called the cops anyway and he ran. The North Carolina police were able to track the man, Michael Brown, and charge him for the toe molestation. Brown is also being investigated on suspicion that he tried the same stunt at another Wal-Mart earlier in the day. [According to the AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nc-police-seek-man-who-sucked-toes-wal-mart), he had told a woman that he was conducting a survey on the feet of different races and nationalities. He convinced the woman to take off her shoes, but she left when Brown allegedly asked her to remove her socks. \[Via [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03/21/pkg-nc-fake-podiatrist-sucks-woman-toes.wbtv.html) and [AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nc-police-seek-man-who-sucked-toes-wal-mart)\] **MORE**: [Woman Returns Shoe She Stole from Hulk Hogan Beach Shop](http://time.com/33228/woman-returns-shoe-she-stole-from-hulk-hogan-beach-shop/) **MORE**: [This Guy Is Using ‘Good Looks’ as a Rape Defense](http://time.com/32452/good-looking-rapist-defense/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/"},"headline":"Fake Podiatrist Accused Of Sucking Toes at Walmart","datePublished":"2014-03-21T17:19:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:01.463Z","description":"Always check the credentials of the foot doctor","url":"https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","North Carolina","Wal-Mart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteea5cf1fc996658a/6986869ad0b6f24f6a3035b1/170882084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteea5cf1fc996658a/6986869ad0b6f24f6a3035b1/170882084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170882084","caption":"170882084","creditText":"PBNJ Productions—Getty Images/Blend Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/33456/fake-podiatrist-accused-of-sucking-toes-at-walmart/","name":"Fake Podiatrist Accused Of Sucking Toes at Walmart"}}]}] ```