Penelope R. Convertino, a 22-year-old resident of Murfreesboro, has been charged with making a threat to murder U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn. The charge alleges that Convertino intended to impede, intimidate, and interfere with Senator Blackburn while she was performing her official duties.
Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee announced the charges on Thursday. “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 documents state that on May 30, 2025, a threatening voice message was left on the voicemail for Senator Blackburn’s Nashville satellite Senate office. A staff member listened to the message the following Monday. The caller stated: “My name is mother**ker 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 f**king body.”
Convertino was arrested by FBI agents earlier today.
If convicted, Convertino could face up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Nashville Field Office is investigating the case, and Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire is prosecuting it.
Authorities emphasized that a criminal complaint is only an allegation and that Convertino is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
