Crime Fix with Angenette Levy - Mackenzie Shirilla's X-Rated Behavior Behind Bars Revealed

Episode Date: June 1, 2026

Mackenzie Shirilla has been serving two sentences of 15 years to life for the 2022 murders of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and his friend, Davion Flanagan. Shirilla has claimed she has remorse about the 2022 crash. But records from Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction show Shirilla has been getting into trouble since she arrived at the prison. She's been written up for flashing her breast on video visits. sexual harassment of a guard and more. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy goes through the salacious details in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/CrimeFixHost:Angenette Levy  https://twitter.com/Angenette5Guest: Justin Paperny https://www.instagram.com/whitecollaradviceteam/ CRIME FIX PRODUCTION:Head of Social Media, YouTube - Bobby SzokeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinVideo Editing - Daniel CamachoGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Racy video visits, contraband of all sorts and allegations of sexual harassment. Those are just a few claims made against Hell on Wheels teenager Mackenzie Shirilla after she got locked up in prison. I'll tell you about the trouble she's been in behind bars and the wild things she's even admitted to doing. I'm Ann Jeanette Levy and this is Crime Fix. You know, here at Law and Crime, we have really great partners and one of them is Morgan and Morgan. will fight for you for more than 35 years. This law firm has been fighting for the people and has recovered more than $30 billion for clients. The proof is in the track record with more than a thousand lawyers across 100 offices nationwide. Hiring Morgan and Morgan, it's like hiring an army to go into

battle for you, a team that will fight hard to get their clients the compensation they deserve. Not all law firms are the same. Hire the wrong one and you may be beat before you even start. are ever hurt. You can check out Morgan and Morgan. Their fee is free unless you win. For more information, you can go to for the people.com slash crime fix, click the link below or scan the QR code that you see on your screen. The judge who sent Mackenzie Sherilla to prison, likely for the rest of her life, called her hell on wheels. That was, of course, because she drove a hundred miles per hour into a wall, killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and his friend Davian Flanagan. Here's officers from Strongsville, PD, and Ohio responding to the scene on July 31st, 2022.

Founded. Wi-Fi connected. Plus the window out. Two. We need some more units. Don't me if I didn't make it? Now. You need a nice?

Here. This is bad, guys. She's alive. We got to get her out. I'll reach up. Prosecutors said that the crash was intentional. McKenzie nearly died but survived. While her lawyers said she suffered a medical episode and she's remorseful for the horrific fatal

crash. That's their claim and that's her claim. She's doing two sentences of 15 years to life each for the murders of Dominic and Avion. The judge, as I mentioned, called McKenzie Hell on Wheels. And in the Netflix documentary of the crash, McKenzie tried to portray herself as being remorseful. But guess what? Records from Ohio's Department of Corrections make it look like McKenzie's been raising quite a bit of hell during her brief time behind prison walls. And I'm going to go through all of it for you. The sexual harassment claims, the flashing of her breasts, and much more.

Some of the infractions appear to be minor while others are more serious. In May 2024, Shurilla got into trouble for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The officer wrote, on the above date in approximate time at 11.40 p.m., Inmate Shirilla was seen in the second floor day room talking on her tablet. This is the second incident that has occurred where inmate Shirilla has been found in the day room after wreck has been closed. Inmate Shirilla is being charged with 5.6 being out of place. In response, McKenzie said, I just didn't know.

She admitted guilt and the hearing officer found her guilty. Fast forward to October of 2024, the infractions get a little more serious. The report states, on the above date and approximate time, Officer Bryce was conducting my random bed searches. During my search on inmate Chirilla, I found two pair of altered state pants, a fan with the name and number of an inmate's name who is redacted, crossed out, and Shurillo written on the same side, and four nude magazine pictures. For this, I will be charging her with a 12.3 possession of another inmate's property and a 12.7 possession of contraband. Shurilla told the prison staff, I did have the fan and pants, was turned into quartermaster, and I was charged.

The hearing officer wrote, Contraband fan destroyed, pictures will be returned, and pants returned to quartermaster. Sherilla was found guilty and lost commissary for 30 days. The following month in November 2024, Shurrilla was written up again. The report states, on 1111, 2011, 2024, at approximately 12.40 p.m., Officer Graham and I were stopping incarcerated individuals for random searches. Inmate Shurilla was stopped and voluntarily handed over a block of cheese and a packet of noodles from her hoodie. Inmate Shirilla was also not wearing a state shirt to CFS, making her

out of dress code. In addition, she was wearing an altered state hoodie with beads on it. I am charging inmate Shirilla with 16.3 for coming to CFS out of dress code and 12.7 for possession of contraband. Officer Shone Lab called me from Hale and devised that inmate Shirilla did have a state shirt on underneath two hoodies. Regardless, inmate Shirilla deliberately had her collar tucked in and shirt to make it appear she did not have a state shirt on. Again, Shirilla admitted guilt and she lost access to packages for 30 days. But two days later, Shirilla got in trouble again for the clothes that she was wearing. On the above date and time, while conducting searches on offenders, leaving CFS, I saw that Defender Shirilla had on an altered blue sweatshirt made

into a hoodie. Offender Shurilla is aware that personal property cannot be altered. Shirilla admitted to having the sweatshirt but said she didn't alter it herself. She lost access to a commissary for 30 days. But get this, on April 29th, 2025, McKenzie Shurilla was written up again, this time, for violating the rules on video visits. The officer wrote, while reviewing video visits, I witnessed that inmate Shirilla was doing a video visit with an ex-inmate that was released. I noticed that the video ID name for the visitor was not who the person that was doing the video visit with. The visitor's name is redacted, and that is the approved visitor on dots. The actual person doing the visit is, and the name is blacked out, is not an approved visitor and should not be visiting Shirilla.

They have had over 100 video visits. The visitor has been made applicant and is blocked on GTL. I have attached snapshot of the video showing that the visitor is and the person's name is again redacted. McKenzie attended a hearing, didn't make a statement, and admitted guilt. She lost access to electronics for 30 days. Then the next day, she got in trouble again with the guards. This time, McKenzie was accused of so. sexual harassment and wearing her clothes improperly. The corrections officer wrote, I approached IP

Shirilla while she was in case manager Jones's office to take her to the restroom to see if she was properly dressed. IP Shirilla was previously in Mr. Reams' office and he had asked her for her hoodie as it was altered and considered contraband. IP stated that he couldn't have it because she wasn't dressed properly under her hoodie. When I told her I was taking her in the restroom to make sure she was dressed properly so I could take her hoodie, she stated, if he got an erection from the way I'm dressed, that's his fault, except she used another word for erection. As she got to the door of Ms. Jones' office, she told Ms. Jones to come with us to the restroom because she didn't feel comfortable. When we got into the IP restroom, IP Shirillah unzipped her hoodie and her state shirt was

completely unbuttoned with just a sports bra on. She was instructed to button her shirt and give me her altered hoodie. The whole time we were in the restroom, she was very disrespectful. and talked with a loud tone, asking if this was all we were worried about, was her altered jacket. This IP has had several conduct reports for contraband clothing. She has been given new state uniforms in exchange for the altered clothes. Her hoodie was clearly taken in on the sides and was very form fitting on this. Sherilla was quoted as saying, I went to the bathroom with her.

I never said that. I did what they told me. I was not being disrespectful. Shurilla ended up pleading guilty to the charges and was punished. Then just a few months later in August 2025, there was another incident involving claims of sexual activity. A conduct report states, IP had her hands in IP Shirilla's pants in her buttocks region. The records show McKenzie denied this incident happened. Offender pleads not guilty.

States, I did not allow her to touch me and I have never had a sex ticket and this is not me. I don't do that kind of stuff. And there's much, much more to talk about. So I'd like to bring in Justin Piperney. He is a crisis manager with a company called. white collar advice. And he advises people on spending time in prison. So Justin, thanks so much for being with me. I appreciate it. My pleasure. I want to dive right into these prison records. This latest conduct reporter, one of these conduct reports, this one is from September

2025. So McKenzie had been there over a year at this point. And we're going to put this up on the screen. It says, Officer Miller was reviewing Viopath visits. This is the video visit system. It was a person on there with McKenzie who was not approved. And it says during this visit, multiple inappropriate things took place. The visit that took place at 606 p.m. shows McKenzie Shirilla showing her breast to the visitor. Then at 2108, the visitor shows a sex toy. And then the visitor shows her breast. And then at 742, the visitor shows her breast with a sex toy. So it's very descriptive here, Justin. Ms. Kenzie Shirilla could not deny this. She couldn't deny this at all.

So what are your thoughts on this conduct report in particular? Is this an unusual thing to happen people doing sexual things on video visits? It's not unusual, unfortunately. Look, disciplinary infractions are very common in prison, but I use the analogy of the speed limit 65 and you're going 75. You might be okay. So there are things staff in the prison will overlook because there are so many things to be worried about. But when you engage in destructive behavior like this,

that threatens the security of the institution, it's like 1,125. So it could lead to loss of good time, time and segregation. I've heard her complaining in videos with her mom, that she doesn't want to be in protective custody. But of course, in a situation like this, you end up in protective custody because you need to separate her from other prisoners that are behaving. Since she's been in prison, it's like it is a total case study of what not to do. No identification with victims whose families are destroyed.

It's all about her, her image, her ego, and as a real. result of that, well, it doesn't help she as enabling parents as well. As a result of this conduct, forget about getting out of prison in 15 or 20 years. She's truly setting herself up on a path to be there for the rest of her life based on conduct like sex toys and a video visit. She's getting poor advice. Well, is she getting advice at all? That's the other thing. We don't know if she's getting any advice because I don't think that this Netflix documentary worked for her. I think it works against her. Of course it does because Netflix has an agenda to get viewers and to bring in money and get subscribers. So they're not going to create a narrative

that's going to help her. And she doesn't recognize that, unfortunately. So she's making decisions that are going to keep her in prison for the rest of her life, I think. And until she understands how these actions are going to influence her, it's simply going to continue. We talk about true tellers. She has enablers in her life. They tell her what she wants to hear. If someone is even willing to give her advice, would she be able to take it? And based on what I've heard and what I've learned, the answer is no. I mean, listening to these tapes, it's so sickening. I want to hear identifying what the victims wants. I am ashamed. I am sorry. The only thing you hear from the family is some platitudes or cliché. She does accept remorse. She does not. It's a throwaway. And the focus is,

I want out of protective custody. I'm around some really weird and sick people without recognizing she may actually be the problem. At some point, she's going to need someone to tell her the truth and then actually take that truth, unless she wants to be in prison to the ruts of her life. That's her choice. She had another infraction where she was accused of stealing a lot of stuff, and I want to put that one up on the screen as well. They said that they found her wearing dangle earrings with charms stolen from the kindware room. She had bottles of paint, a bottle of wax, 11 paint tubes, a plastic bin, 20 plus rocks, homemade pillows, altered painted van shoes, a pillow with no receipt, two green t-shirts, fake eyelashes, one neck scarf, two long sleeve t-shirts, pom-pom earrings made from

items stolen from the kindware room, all kinds of stuff. She had bags of beads. All of this stuff that she wasn't supposed to have. And she accepted the conduct report. She says, I didn't steal anything. I got it from so-and-so. I like to paint cups. She gave me the stuff. I paid 10 each for the kindware. And then it was referred to the infraction board. So she got in trouble for that. I mean, Is that a serious thing? I mean, it sounded like she had this huge collection of stuff in there. She's saying she didn't steal any of it, but that they make it sound like she did possibly do that.

She later pleaded guilty to it. The best response she gave on these incident reports is when there was no responses. Because any time she actually chose to respond, there was sure she said guilty, but there was no acceptance of responsibility. It was just blaming or excusing. It was never her fault. So some of these on its own, one disciplinary,

fraction, for example, taking food out of the chow hall or going into another dorm without permission. Prison staff may overlook this, but this isn't like an out of character for her. The problem is her character in prison is continue to cheat and take shortcuts, engage in disciplinary infractions. I'm frankly a little surprised the prison's given her so much room to continue to engage in it. This isn't like one, two, or three, it is dozens, and it's going to get to a point where she's going to get exactly what she doesn't want. total isolation, total 23 hours a day in a bunker where she's going to be able to get out

three days a week to shower and exercise. And you can only imagine the lamenting or complaining that's going to come then. So if I were advising her, I'd say you need to understand that there could be a path at some point 20 or 30 years from now where you could be released from prison. It feels like a very long time, but it's coming. And if you began to make good decisions, I accept full responsibility for my conduct. I identify with victims. If I were them, I too would want punishment in retribution. I hope they take some pleasure knowing that I'm going to be in prison for the next two or three decades. Instead, she's building this record through disciplinary infractions and just not caring, making herself the star. Netflix doesn't, it only adds on to the feeling that she's some

celebrity or superhero. She's putting herself in a position where she's eventually going to go in front of a parole board and she's going to say, I'm sorry, I've changed, I won't do it again. I've learned my lessons and a very cynical parole board is going to say, cool, where is the record? What have you done to demonstrate why you should be released? Because I can assure you the victim's families are going to be sitting there in that hearing 15 years from now. When she begins to embrace that reality, she may make better decisions. Or some people would long sentences say, you know what? Who cares?

The sentence is too long. I ain't never leaving. I'm going to live my life. If I want to have sex toys and video visits and have fans around the world lionize me, cool, I'm going to be here for the rest of my life anyway. She's on a path to be in prison for the rest of her life. It certainly seems so. At one time, she actually got a ticket, as they call them. They called them tickets. They're called conduct reports, but the inmates called them tickets. And it seemed like they were coming fast and furious for her, like all these things. And I'm sure she was under a microscope. And maybe she was being rebellious, too. We don't get the full picture. But it seemed like she had several in a row. And when she accepted one of them, she signed it under duress. I mean, when they see something like that, I mean, when you're in a institution like this, Justin, you're supposed to be institutionalized. You know, you're supposed to fall into

line. But it sounds like she is really having a huge time, you're trouble, she's having trouble adjusting to this. Here's why. I'll tell you why. So in the federal system, they're called shots. She doesn't believe she's guilty. So if any injustice is being done, it's against her. So why would she follow rules that are meant for inmates who are actually criminals who and who have broken the law, describing herself being in with crazy people, she does not identify with them. She is not one of them. She is innocent. So this injustice is coming her way. Therefore, why should she be held accountable to rules that shouldn't apply to her because she didn't anything wrong? She maintains hope, I assure you, she lays or lays on her rack, the long day behind her,

expecting at some point to get a phone call from her lawyer that says, you prevailed on appeal. You're coming home tomorrow. She is expecting that. And when that news doesn't come, and it's unlikely that at will. The reality is going to set in. I'm going to be here for a very long time. And as she gets older through introspection, she's going to realize how foolish and embarrassing and disgustingly she has acted since going to prison. She can turn it around. We can all become better than decisions of our past. But it's time she begins to make better decisions. She just doesn't think she's guilty. When you read through these conduct reports and you see the Netflix documentary, the crash, you look at all of this big picture, the 58 pages of conduct reports and you're seeing,

you're seeing, she doesn't think she did anything wrong. So she's in prison and she's like, these rules don't apply to me. I don't have to follow them. Well, you have several things going on. In the federal system, if you get one or two disciplinary infractions, that's a wrap. You're going to the hole. You're getting transferred to a higher security prison. You're losing good time. Commissary, your desired bunker job. The consequences are so severe federally, like with iPhones and drugs. They don't want any of it. There appears to be a longer leash as the cliche holds inside of this institution. So it's sort of like raising children. You do one or two bad things. You tell them there's going to be a consequence. They do it again. There's no consequence.

It emboldens them. They keep going. There is like 40, 50, 60 pages of conduct and they can guilty, write it up, guilty, write it up. At this point, whether she's driving 75 or 150, the consequences isn't that severe. So you're just going to continue to do it. I don't see any path to her stopping unless there are such a severe consequence. Like, segregation. 23 hours a day where you're locked in a bunker. You don't know if it's morning or night. You're showering three or four times a week. Exercising for 15 minutes a day. And there ain't no time for sex toys via a video chat. That one really got me. And it seems like, you know, there's some, there's a lot of stuff going on with female inmates. I mean, that's her only choice at this

point. I mean, that's all that's available, I guess. But it's like former inmates that are females. And so that's, that part's really got me too. but you think she can turn it around. Like if she starts acting appropriately, behaving, going to work as she's required to not having contraband, you think possibly she can turn it around maybe in time for her 2037 parole board hearing? There's no doubt. If you look at people who have gone to prison throughout history, Adam Claussen, Malcolm X,

my partner Michael Santos, who served a quarter century, I served in measly 18 months, kind of as an arrogant entitled White Collar Offender who thought I was better than. than others until I got to prison. We can all become better, but not through happy talk or cliches, by building a record. She should be journaling. Who am I? What am I learning?

What would I do differently? If I read a book, why did I read it? How will the book help me moving forward? How can I develop and grow a network? The most important thing moving forward is there's got to be some acceptance of, I kill two people. Generations of their families will never be the same.

It's not about her suffering. When she begins to think of other people and the impact she's had on us, others, she can begin to get on track, but it's not going to come through words. She's got to build a documented record over time that she could defend. And what does that look like? Over the next 30 days, no disciplinary infraction, perhaps write an open letter to people that I'm young, I'm immature, immature. My parents enable me. I am too focused on celebrity. All I do is think about myself, and I see the consequences of those bad decisions. I'm looking at life in prison.

Here is how well I will do better and then do it. But I will say it's hard in prison. It's hard to say you're going to do something, then you're down, you're depressed. You can't even imagine a release date 15 years into the future. But guess what? If she were to get parole in 15 or 20 years, she would still be a very young woman with the rest of her life in front of her. I believe with good men. I've said that about everyone you guys have ever interviewed me with Sunny Belwani, Elizabeth Holmes, Sean Combs. We can all become better.

But it doesn't require talk. We've got to build a record. It's the only way that I got my life back on track by building assets, evidence. I could share with really cynical people, knowing there's always going to be people who call her and someone like me a criminal scum trash. You don't need everyone back in your corner. You don't, but you need to grow a network. And it starts with, I devastated and destroyed families. I'm ashamed. Here's how I will do better and build it. Well, we'll see what she does with it. And she hears your advice. Thank you so much, Justin Piperney.

Good to be with you. You can read all of the conduct reports and McKenzie Shurilla's entire case file. on our app Law and Crime Plus, so please check it out. And that's it for this episode of Crime Fix. I'm Ann Janette Levy. Thanks so much for being with me. I'll see you back here next time.