MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Murfreesboro woman has been charged after allegedly threatening to kill Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).

In a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, 22-year-old Penelope R. Convertino allegedly left a threatening voicemail at Blackburn's Nashville satellite office on May 30.

“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," the voicemail said, according to the release. "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 Thursday and charged with making a threat to murder a federal official with the intent to impede, intimidate and interfere with Blackburn while Blackburn was engaged in performing her official duties.

"Our public officials should be able to do their jobs without receiving vile death threats,” Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire said, per the release. “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."

If Convertino is convicted, she could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison as well as a $250,000 fine.

News 2 has reached out to Blackburn's office for comment.

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