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Sex Gadget Gets Man in
Trouble at Airport
AP CHICAGO (Aug. 24) - Cook County prosecutors say
a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother
desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a
sexual aid for their trip to Turkey.
So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.
Madin Azad Amin, 29, of Skokie, was stopped Aug. 16
after guards found an object in his baggage that
resembled a grenade, prosecutors said.
When officers asked him to identify it, Amin said it
was a bomb, said Cook County Assistant State's
Attorney Lorraine Scaduto.
He later told officials he'd lied about the item
because his mother was nearby and he didn't want her
to hear that it was part of a penis pump, Scaduto
said.
He's been charged with felony disorderly conduct,
said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County
state's attorney's office.
Amin's attorney told a Cook County judge Wednesday
that Amin whispered that the component was a
"pump." The guard misunderstood, and
thought he said "bomb," according to
defense attorney Eileen O'Neill-Burke.
"He told her it's a pump," O'Neill-Burke
said. "He's standing with his mother. Of course
he's not going to shout this out."
However, Judge Gerald Winiecki decided there was
sufficient evidence for the case to move forward
after the female security guard testified that she
heard Amin "clearly" say the word bomb.
Amin is charged with felony disorderly conduct, which
could bring a three-year prison sentence if he's
convicted. Amin is due back in court Sept. 13
He told the Chicago Sun-Times after the hearing that
security officials did not give him a chance to
explain the misunderstanding, that he would never use
the word "bomb" while going through a
security checkpoint, and does not consider a penis
pump an unusual object to own.
"It's normal," he said. "Half of
America they use it."
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