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The sickening nickname Mackenzie Shirilla boldly boasted in prison

The sickening nickname Mackenzie Shirilla boldly boasted in prison

Published by Daniella Wilson

Mackenzie Shirilla is once again in hot water. The 21-year-old, who is currently incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, boasted a shocking nickname to other prisoners, and it’s not “hell on wheels.” Mackenzie was sentenced to life in prison in August 2023 after being found guilty of intentionally crashing her car into a brick wall, killing two passengers, her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan. While in prison for her crime, she started dating a fellow inmate at the prison, Shyann Topping, 27, telling her she went by the nickname “Shirilla the killa.” The two dated for just two weeks when Shyann was released from prison.  © COURTESY OF NETFLIXMackenzie is from Strongsville, Ohio “Mackenzie was upset that I was leaving,” she told the US Sun. “She would tell me all the time, ‘I wish we met sooner, before you were about to get out. I wish you would have talked before this.’” Since leaving prison, the former inmate hasn’t spoken to Mackenzie, but shared the plans the 21-year-old had if she …

Katie Price’s ‘missing’ husband Lee Andrews in Dubai prison, claims his father

Katie Price’s ‘missing’ husband Lee Andrews in Dubai prison, claims his father

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The father of Katie Price’s “missing” husband, Lee Andrews, has claimed his son has been imprisoned in Dubai. The reality star made headlines last weekend when she revealed that she hadn’t heard from her husband of four months in days – and feared that he may have been “kidnapped”. But according to Andrews’s dad Peter, his son has been detained by UAE authorities on an unknown charge, and is expected to contact him later today. Katie Price claims husband Lee Andrews is ‘missing’ (Instagram/@katieprice) “Lee is OK. He has not been kidnapped, but he is under arrest. I don’t know on what charge,” he told DailyMail.co.uk. “I’m not sure where he is being held. But he will call me later today.” Price, 47, married Dubai-based businessman Lee Andrews in January just days after meeting him for the first time. It has …

Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence

Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence

Published by Sam Flores

MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250-million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which had claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic. The U.S. Justice Department, however, said she was atop the “single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.” “I understand I failed. I failed the public, my family, everyone,” Bock said in federal court. President Trump used the fraud cases against Bock and many others to initially justify a massive surge of federal officers to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area last winter, leading to a pushback by residents and the deaths of two people. “Feeding Our Future operated like a cash pipeline, open to anyone willing to submit fraudulent claims and pay kickbacks,” prosecutors said in a court filing. Bock had long proclaimed her innocence but was convicted last year of conspiracy, …

Where’s the Survivor season 1 winner now? All about Richard Hatch’s new life including prison stint

Where’s the Survivor season 1 winner now? All about Richard Hatch’s new life including prison stint

Published by Daniella Wilson

Survivor Season 50 is coming to it’s dramatic conclusion on Wednesday, May 20. The final five castaways, Aubry Bracco, Tiffany Ervin, Joe Hunter, Jonathan Young, and Rizo Velovic, are competing for a $2 million prize. And while this season featured many Survivor legends, from Cirie Fields to Coach Wade, the winner of Survivor season one, Richard Hatch, stayed off the island, leading die hard fans to wonder where he is now. Keep reading to learn all about Richard Hatch’s life, including his controversial prison stint, 25 years after winning the first season of Survivor. © Getty Images Richard Hatch’s villain arc on Survivor In 2000, Survivor premiered and changed reality television forever. Hosted by Jeff Probst, 16 participants were left in a remote area of Borneo, Malaysia. They were tasked with surviving for 39 days, split into two tribes, and competed in immunity challenges to win supplies. Richard became one of reality TV’s original villains, using calculated manipulation and arrogance to last all 39 days.  In October 2024, Richard opened about his reputation, telling People: …

UK parents to face prison time if they don’t stop their kids committing crime | Politics | News

UK parents to face prison time if they don’t stop their kids committing crime | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

Parents could face jail if they fail to stop their children from committing crimes under Labour plans to overhaul the youth justice system. Ministers are hoping to prevent children from starting a life of crime with a series of reforms in the new Youth Justice White Paper published on Monday. Under the proposals, which come after the public inquiry into the Southport killings, parents and carers could face greater responsibility for their children who commit crimes and cause anti-social behaviour. Labour wants to strengthen parenting orders, which currently mean parents can be compelled to address their children’s behaviour through counselling and guidance, or can lead to fines. The issuing of such orders has fallen significantly over the last two decades, from more than 1,000 in 2009/10, to 33 in 2022/23, according to the Ministry of Justice. Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to give courts additional powers to jail parents who fail to comply with the orders, The Telegraph reports. Increasing the current maximum fine of £1,000 is also said to …

Parents Sent To Prison After Isolating Kids For Four Years Over COVID Fears

Parents Sent To Prison After Isolating Kids For Four Years Over COVID Fears

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A court in northern Spain has sentenced a couple to prison after they kept their three children confined indoors for nearly four years due to intense fears of Covid. The isolation, which began in December 2021 and continued until the children were rescued in April 2025, left the youngsters with significant mental and physical conditions, including difficulties walking, bowel and bladder control issues, and delayed development. The case, underscores the profound and lasting effects that pandemic-related anxiety had, and continues to have, on some individuals. Parents who refused to let their three children go outside their house for FOUR YEARS due to Covid fears, leaving them with extreme mental and physical conditions, are sentenced to prison https://t.co/3XZdGBSRLd — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) May 11, 2026 Christian Steffen, 53, a German freelance tech recruiter, and his wife Melissa Ann Steffen, 48, an American-born naturalised German, lived in a rented home in Oviedo, Spain.  Prosecutors stated that the parents “locked the minors up inside their home and isolated them completely from the rest …

Israeli Troops Get Prison for Desecration of Virgin Mary Statue in Lebanon

Israeli Troops Get Prison for Desecration of Virgin Mary Statue in Lebanon

Published by Sam Flores

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it. The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his own mouth, went viral and sparked widespread outrage. It was the latest act by Israeli forces to be denounced as anti-Christian in southern Lebanon, where Israel launched a ground invasion earlier this year to target the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. Israel’s military said the soldier posing would get 21 days in military prison and the soldier who photographed it would get 14. The military “views the incident with great severity and respects freedom of religion and worship, as well as holy sites and religious symbols of all religions and communities,” spokesperson LLt. Col. Ariella Mazor wrote X. The photo circulated days after images of an Israeli soldier wielding an ax against a fallen statue of Jesus on the cross in the southern Lebanon village …

Betty Broderick, convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, has died aged 78 in prison

Betty Broderick, convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, has died aged 78 in prison

Published by Daniella Wilson

Betty Broderick, the woman whose explosive divorce and shocking double murder case became one of America’s most infamous true crime stories, has died aged 78 while serving a life sentence in California. Betty, born Elizabeth Anne Bisceglia, died on Friday, May 8 2026, at an outside medical facility after being transferred from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison system for a higher level of care. Authorities said her preliminary cause of death was determined to be natural causes, with an official ruling still pending. © Photo: RexBetty was behind bars for a double murder sentence Her death closes the chapter on a case that fascinated the public for decades and inspired books, documentaries and television dramas exploring the bitter collapse of her marriage to high-profile San Diego attorney Dan Broderick. Betty and Dan married in 1969 and raised four children together while Dan built a successful legal career. Friends once described them as the picture-perfect Catholic family, but cracks began to emerge in the early 1980s when Dan became involved with Linda Kolkena, …

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates | Human Rights News

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised as health deteriorates | Human Rights News

Published by Sam Flores

Mohammadi has lost consciousness twice and suffered a severe cardiac crisis, her foundation has announced. By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026 Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been transferred from prison to a hospital due to a sharp decline in her health. Mohammadi had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis, her foundation announced on Friday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “This transfer was done as an unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site, despite standing medical recommendations that she be treated by her specialized team in Tehran,” the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said. Earlier on Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran, according to the foundation. She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March, according to her lawyers, who visited her a few days after the incident. At the time, she appeared pale, underweight and needed …