NASHVILLE – A Murfreesboro woman has been charged in federal court after allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Federal authorities announced that Penelope R. Convertino, 22, of Murfreesboro, was charged by criminal complaint with “making a threat to murder a federal official with the intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn while she was engaged in the performance of her official duties,” said Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee.
“Our public officials should be able to do their jobs without receiving vile death threats,” said McGuire. “Threatening public officials with deadly violence cannot and will not be tolerated. We will not hesitate to hold those who make these kinds of violent threats accountable for their crimes.”
Court records state that on Friday, May 30, 2025, a voicemail was left at Senator Blackburn’s Nashville satellite Senate office. A member of her staff discovered the message the following Monday. In the voicemail, the caller said, “My name is motherker and I’m gonna kill Marsha Blackburn. I’m gonna shoot her with a gun. I’m gonna blow up her head on national TV. She will literally have brains splattered behind her because she will not be a person. She will be a dead fking body.”
Convertino was arrested earlier today by FBI agents. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Nashville Field Office is leading the investigation, and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire is prosecuting the case.
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