CHICAGO - 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.".