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. The announcement was made by 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 Acting United States Attorney Robert E. 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 of Senator Blackburn’s Nashville satellite office. A staff member heard the message the following Monday. In the recording, 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.”
FBI agents arrested Convertino earlier today.
If found guilty, 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 conducting the investigation, and Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire is prosecuting the case.
A criminal complaint is an allegation; the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
