The Harvard University student who admitted to sending in a fake bomb threat to get out of taking a final exam was released on a $100,000 bond on Wednesday.
20-year-old Eldo Kim made his first court appearance in the U.S. District Court in Boston, where he received charges of submitting a federal bomb hoax, Reuters reported.
Kim arrived at the courthouse wearing handcuffs, Harvard sweats and a grey shirt. He didn't say anything, besides answering "yes" to Judge Judith Dein's question as to whether he understood that he has the right to an attorney and the right to remain silent.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Capin announced in court that Kim's legal team started "discussing alternatives to detention" for the 20-year-old.
The judge postponed the court proceedings, allowing those deliberations to continue.
Kim's email to Harvard police, university officials and the school newspaper caused four buildings on campus to evacuate.
"[Be] quick for they will go off soon," the message, sent from temporary email and IP addresses said. Kim told FBI agents he chose to use the word "shrapnel" because it seemed more dangerous.
Kim allegedly sent the bomb threat hoax to evade a final exam he had scheduled that day.
The student was arrested on Tuesday, after FBI agents realized the email had originally been sent from a Harvard computer.
