Teen given diversion in e-mail threats

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Nashville judge has allowed diversion to a young man who threatened to kill school administrators.

The Tennessean reports that when 18-year-old Reginald Bowers first apologized in Davidson County General Sessions Court on Thursday, Judge Leslie Mondelli said he didn't speak loudly enough.

Bowers tried again and Mondelli found the words unconvincing.

Bowers spoke again, asking Pearl-Cohn High School Executive Principal Marva Blanchard-Woods and two assistant principals, Tavis Massey and James Bailey, for forgiveness.

Prosecutors said Bowers sent e-mails to the administrators from an anonymous account in May, threatening to shoot them between the eyes. The teen told investigators he was upset at being kicked out of school.

If Bowers stays out of trouble for two years, completes an anger management course and performs 50 hours of community service, the harassment charges will be removed from his record.