NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Franklin woman has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after a months-long campaign of online harassment and threats targeting a Nashville private school and church community.
McKenzie McClure, 31, who also goes by Kalvin McClure, was sentenced Monday for cyberstalking 14 individuals associated with Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA) and Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). The sentencing follows an FBI and Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security investigation into a pattern of threats and disturbing behavior that caused widespread fear and forced school closures.
According to court documents, McClure’s actions escalated in March 2024, culminating in a threatening voicemail to CPA on March 24 — the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Covenant School shooting, the deadliest school shooting in Tennessee history. In the message, McClure referenced terror attacks and made a disturbing allusion to a scene from the film Deadpool 2, stating that the school would “know exactly what [she] was talking about.”
Surveillance footage and social media posts supported the school’s concerns. McClure had posted videos of herself walking around the CPA and CPC campus, referencing violence and comparing her behavior to historic terror events. One video featured her discussing watching the school “burn on 9/11,” while other footage showed her attempting to enter locked buildings, photographing school maps, and making threatening gestures on campus.
School officials closed CPA on March 25, notified law enforcement, and identified McClure through her posts and school surveillance footage. Though she was initially hospitalized and warned by law enforcement not to continue the behavior, McClure resumed her threatening posts shortly after her April 3 release and continued until her arrest at the end of the month.
“McClure’s relentless cyberstalking disrupted many lives, incited fear, and posed significant risks to the Christ Presbyterian community,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph E. Carrico. “This case shows that those who target innocent lives and threaten violence will be held accountable.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire emphasized the severity of the crime and its impact on the community: “This type of conduct is intolerable. We will do whatever it takes to keep children safe and hold accountable those who threaten our school communities.”
The school spent over $140,000 to enhance security in response to McClure’s actions.
In addition to her prison sentence, McClure will be on supervised release for three years. The court barred her from contacting anyone affiliated with CPA or CPC without prior approval and prohibited her from traveling within five miles of the school campuses.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Katy Risinger and Joshua Kurtzman.
