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

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

“My name is mother***** 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****** body.”

Convertino was arrested by FBI agents Thursday and charged with making a threat to murder a federal official with the intent

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