Crime

A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted and forced to make an emergency landing after a disruptive passenger allegedly attempted to gain access to the cockpit.

According to reports, the passenger repeatedly tried to enter the flight deck, prompting the crew to divert the aircraft to Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin at approximately 9:30 PM.

In audio recordings -- obtained by 12 News Investigates -- authorities are heard eventually being able to restrain the individual after several attempts to breach the cockpit area ... with an official reportedly saying over radio comms, "Don’t think they were able to cuff him but were able to get control of him after multiple attempts to try to breach the cockpit."

Mackenzie Shirilla is already thinking about life after prison ... and it sounds like she's got big plans for what might come next.

Take a listen ... TMZ obtained audio of Mackenzie chatting with her mom, Natalie, about  her future and a potential new purpose she sees for herself ... becoming a life coach.

Natalie tells her daughter she's been through an incredible amount and suggests those experiences could one day allow her to help others. Mackenzie, who is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life, seems to embrace the idea.

Celeste Beard Johnson saw red when she was getting grilled behind bars ... to the point that she freaked out on interviewer David Scott.

In a clip from the upcoming season 4 finale of "Interview with a Killer," you can see her start to shake when he accuses her of living in an "alternate reality."

As David's talking, Celeste -- who's serving a life sentence over the death of her late husband, Steven Beard -- gets so mad that she hangs up and turns around ... declaring to the guard that she's done with the conversation. But it doesn't end there ...

Mackenzie Shirilla hasn't been a model prisoner in her last few years behind bars ... at least according to prison officials, who say she's committed a number of rule violations -- including several of a sexual nature.

We've obtained conduct reports about a bunch of alleged rule violations during Shirilla's time behind bars ... including altering prison clothes and possessing contraband.

For example, officials say they caught Shirilla with a prescription medication that wasn't hers in January 2025 ... as well as "a personal photo of herself containing drug use." In her statement on the incident, cops say Shirilla told them the photo didn't have drug use in it -- and insisted the pills they found with her were actually prenatal vitamins she got from someone else.

"The Crash" victim Dominic Russo’s sister Christine is ripping Mackenzie Shirilla and her mom, Natalie Shirilla, for yakking about Mackenzie's male admirers while she sits in prison.

Christine's listened to the jail calls and is NOT pleased, telling TMZ ... "She knows now her calls are recorded and that people have been reviewing them, you can tell how she’s carefully using her words."

Dominic's sister adds ... "And I think it’s sad her mother condones her talking to strange men she doesn’t know. Like I said 100 times, and I’ll say it again till the day I die, that woman needs to tell her daughter to pick up a Bible and beg the Lord to save her soul, NOT WORRY ABOUT STRANGE OLDER MEN. GO TO THERAPY, GET HELP FOR YOUR KID.”

Rebecca Haro is headed to prison for her role in the death of her infant son, Emmanuel ... admitting she failed to protect the 7-month-old and helped cover up the circumstances surrounding his death.

Rebecca pleaded guilty Friday to child abuse causing great bodily injury to a child under 5, involuntary manslaughter, and accessory after the fact, according to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. As part of a plea agreement, she was immediately sentenced to 12 years and 8 months in state prison.

TMZ previously reported Rebecca and her husband, Jake Haro, were arrested after claiming Emmanuel had been abducted in a parking lot. Investigators later determined the kidnapping never happened and alleged the story had been fabricated.

Mackenzie Shirilla says the fatal car crash that landed her in prison haunts her ... telling her mom the mere thought of it makes her want to vomit.

In undated jail audio, obtained by TMZ, Mackenzie talks with her mother, Natalie, about the deadly 2022 wreck that killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo and friend Davion Flanagan ... and it's emotional and graphic.

Mackenzie says she still struggles to process why she survived the crash while the two young men didn't ... wondering, "How did I not die?" before revealing she regularly has intrusive thoughts about Dom and Davion's fatal injuries.

Steve Shirilla says his daughter, Mackenzie, definitely feels remorse for the way Dominic Russo died ... even though he maintains she didn't do it on purpose.

Shirilla spoke about his daughter's case on the "True Crime This Week" podcast in an episode published Wednesday ... and he says he sat with his daughter for months -- so he knows how terrible she feels about how Dom and their friend, Davion Flanagan, died.

Steve says Mackenzie had a shrine to Dominic in her room ... and he says she's repeatedly told him she didn't kill Dominic on purpose.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard says Mackenzie Shirilla has a lot of maturing to do behind bars before she feels remorse for the fatal car crash that killed her boyfriend and a friend ... and when that day comes, it's going to hit her like a freight train.

Gypsy sat down with Charlie Neff on "The TMZ Podcast" and was very outspoken about Mackenzie's situation.

Based on what she's seen in the Netflix doc, "The Crash," Gypsy thinks Mackenzie is NOT remorseful in the slightest ... and it's going to take a lot of reflection, hard work, and growing up.

Mackenzie Shirilla's taking her conviction to the highest court in Ohio ... asking the state's supreme court to take another look at her double murder rap.

Shirilla's lawyers filed the appeal paperwork back in April, according to reports ... “there is medical evidence” that Shirilla “suffered from a pre-existing medical condition that could have caused her to black out while driving.”

The appeal claims her attorney didn't properly investigate this possibility initially.

Anna Kepner’s stepbrother allegedly choked her “for minutes” as his final “barbaric” act in her murder … according to prosecutors.

In a newly unsealed transcript from a February hearing obtained by TMZ, prosecutors described how they say Timothy Hudson -- Anna’s 16-year-old stepbrother -- killed her … claiming he put her in a chokehold until she suffocated to death.

Prosecutor Alejandra Lopez described it as “a barbaric, intentional, thoughtful act,” saying "[w]hile she struggled to breathe for minutes, he continued to hold her neck in that manner so that she would die from lack of oxygen.”

Dominic Russo's sister Christine is ripping her brother's murderer, Mackenzie Shirilla ... and she's taking issue with the fame, notoriety, and money flowing Mackenzie's way on the heels of a popular Netflix documentary.

Christine joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday, and we asked her about "The Crash" ... a Netflix production about Mackenzie's double murder case following the fatal car crash that killed Dominic and his friend, Davion Flanagan.

Dominic's sister says she's "furious" her brother's "cold-blooded evil killer" is getting a bunch of attention and, in some instances, support ... Christine says Mackenzie is a narcissist, and this is exactly what she craves.

It's everyone's worst nightmare ... a complete stranger jumping out of a vehicle and attacking you on the street in broad daylight ... well, that's exactly what happened to a 14-year-old girl from Michigan, and it was all caught on video!

Check out the terrifying surveillance footage recently released by Kentwood PD ... showing the teenage girl -- blurred to protect her identity -- as she strolls down a sidewalk in the Michigan neighborhood of Kentwood on May 12.

A 911 call was made from Josh Jacobs' home during the alleged violent attack involving the Packers star ... with dispatch telling police she could hear "yelling and screaming" on an open line.

According to newly released dispatch audio, obtained by TMJ 4, officials received not one but two calls about the incident ... one from the scene of the alleged crime, and the other from a neighbor next door.

"Things being thrown," the dispatcher tells officers, adding, "Possibly a male and female."

"Teen Mom" star Ryan Edwards' wife Amanda Conner has broken her silence about her recent arrest for child abuse/neglect.

Amanda shared a video on TikTok on Wednesday apologizing for her actions while curling her hair ... admitting to relapsing after 3 years of sobriety, saying she "got too comfortable" and let her "guard down."

You can see her get emotional as she talks about disappointing those around her. She explains ... "Just saying that out loud, just letting it be known, it’s just so uncomfortable, it’s shameful ... disappointed, I feel guilty, scared. I’m not perfect. I’ve never come to be perfect."