NORWICH – A Norwich woman who allegedly threatened a school employee appeared in court on Monday with her attorney, and asked that a search of her email records be stopped, after previously telling the court she had an email from a school employee recanting his statement against her.

Regina Donovan, 39, of Norwich, is charged with making a terrorist threat, a class D felony, after a conversation she had with a Norwich Middle School employee.

Although Donovan denies making the remark, prosecutors said she told a school employee she was going to, “...make it rain blood in the middle school.” The incident allegedly occurred during a heated phone conversation about her daughter being bullied.

Donovan’s Defense Attorney Douglas Drazen said within a day of the phone conversation, Donovan received an email from the employee apologizing and seeking to correct the situation.

However after Chenango County Court Judge Frank Revoir Jr., approved a search warrant for her email account to verify the email she discussed, Drazen motioned to stop the search from taking place and his motion was denied.

"On October 15 we raised the issue of the email that was sent to my client 24 hours after her arrest," said Drazen. "In that email he said things like, 'I will retract my statement,' and 'I was caught in the moment and stretched the truth.'"