Penelope R. Convertino, 22, of Murfreesboro, has been charged with threatening to murder U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee .

The report says Convertino left a violent voicemail at Blackburn’s Nashville office on May 30, intending to intimidate and interfere with the senator’s official duties. She was arrested on Thursday by the FBI.

“Our public officials should be able to do their jobs without receiving vile death threats,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire. “Threatening public officials with deadly violence cannot and will not be tolerated.”ro,

If convicted, Convertino faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the office says.

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