These two goons, who sparked a terror scare in January after planting electronic devices in a botched Cartoon Network promotion, have apologized and performed community service to resolve the criminal charges against them:

Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, said they never expected the stunt to cause any turmoil.

“I deeply regret that this incident caused such anguish and disruption to so many people,” Berdovsky told the Charlestown District Court.

Stevens said he saw the devices simply as “harmless entertainment.”

“I had no intention of upsetting or alarming anyone,” he said.

The Boston Globe adds these details:

“I deeply regret that this incident caused such anguish and disruption for so many people,” Berdovsky said.

Stevens added: “I would not have placed the signs … had I not believed that my employer had done what was needed to make it fully legal.”

“In the end,” Stevens concluded, “I simply felt this was an opportunity to provide harmless enjoyment to many people while earning a small amount of money to create my own art to share with communities I’m a part of.”

Berdovsky, 27, and Stevens, 28, appeared calm and contrite, a stark change from their first appearance in February, when the two men mocked the media with a performance-art skit about the evolution of haircuts.

Do you buy their contrition? Here’s a flashback to their press conference from January: