A North Carolina man has been arrested for making an extremely stupid comment as he passed through a TSA checkpoint at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT.

NBC Connecticut reports that a 26-year-old man accused of telling TSA agents he had a bomb while being screened at Bradley Airport yesterday will be in court today.

"At 3:12 p.m. ET, a male traveler who was passing through the security checkpoint at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., claimed that he had a bomb," the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.



According to state police, Jordan Rickard, 26, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was chosen for additional screening while walking through the security checkpoint. When TSA asked Rickard if he had anything in his pockets, Rickard replied "Yes, I have a bomb,'" police said.

TSA officers contacted state police troopers, who took Rickard into custody.

The security checkpoint was closed for about 25 minutes and screening was suspended, according to Kevin Dillon, airport director at Bradley. The terminal was never evacuated, Dillon said.