Sex Toy In Luggage Gets Man In Trouble

[Midnight Mike]

Sex Toy In Luggage Gets Man In Trouble
Suspect Faces Up To 3 Years In Jail

POSTED: 6:11 am CDT August 23, 2006
UPDATED: 10:49 am CDT August 23, 2006

CHICAGO -- Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage.

So Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors said.

The security guard then asked Amin to repeat what he'd said to a supervisor. This time, Amin was chuckling as he spoke, prosecutors said.

In fact, Amin was trying to disguise the fact that the black object -- resembling a grenade -- was a component for a penis pump.

All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up to three years in prison if convicted, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

Amin is due in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, Conklin said.

Amin eventually told investigators he'd lied about the object's true use because his mother was standing nearby when the object was discovered and he didn't want her to know about it, Cook County assistant state's attorney Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing last week.

The incident occurred Aug. 16 as Amin was set to catch a flight to Turkey, Scaduto said.

Amin has no known criminal history, Scaduto said

[Mellyrose]

Mom would be way prouder thinking that he had a bomb in an airport! wow.

[mirrodie]

All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct


Can someone explain the law to me? what exactly was he really doing wrong???? besides being prude?!

[Midnight Mike]

All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct


Can someone explain the law to me? what exactly was he really doing wrong???? besides being prude?!

Besides stupidity, making a threatening comment such as saying that he had a bomb in his luggage......

People need to start using common sense, saying that he had a bomb in his luggage, with all of the crap that is going on at the airports, is simply insane...



So Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors said.

The security guard then asked Amin to repeat what he'd said to a supervisor. This time, Amin was chuckling as he spoke, prosecutors said.

[pgengler]

I'm not sure what paper that's from, but their editorial standards need work. Several other articles (1 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/24/AR2006082400708.html), 2 (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pump24.html), 3 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/24/pneumatic_miscalculation/)) about this same thing actually make an effort to give the guy's side of the story, which is that he said "pump", but in a low voice to avoid being heard by his mother. On one of the other websites I read, some people theorize that this was just a case of the guy having an accent that led to the security guy to misunderstand what he said.

If it turns out that, yes, he actually said and intended to say "bomb", that's just stupid; if it's a misunderstanding on the security guy's part, then this is a definite overreaction. Unfortunately, it's not really going to be possible to be able to prove what was said; it's just going to be the guy's word against that of a security guard.