Md. man admits keeping teen girl as family’s slave

Almost 150 years after the Civil War, slavery still exists in Maryland.

In Montgomery County, a man has pleaded guilty to holding a Nigerian teenager as a slave for five years.

George Udeozor, 52, formerly of Darnestown, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He agreed to pay the victim more than $110,000 in restitution.

According to the plea agreement, Udeozor used his oldest daughter’s passport to smuggle a 14-year-old Nigerian girl to his Maryland home in 1996. Udeozor and his then-wife used the girl as an unpaid domestic servant and child-care provider.

Prosecutors said the teenager was physically and sexually abused and didn’t go to school.

Udeozor’s ex-wife, Adaobi Stella Udeozor, was sentenced in 2006 to seven years in prison for her part in the same offense. George Udeozor will be sentenced Oct. 7.