An ex-deputy of Forsyth county and his wife pleaded guilty to keeping an illegal immigrant as an unpaid nanny in their home.
Prosecutors say Russell and Malika Garrett of Woodstock harbored an Indian woman from February 2003 to June 2005. She was first underpaid and then not paid at all. The couple said she could have left at any time but acknowledged telling her she would be deported and jailed.
She finally escaped with help from a neighbor.
The Garretts will be sentenced on April 22, 2009. Russell Garrett faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Malika Garrett could get a maximum of 15 years.
(Associated Press)
Prosecutors say Russell and Malika Garrett of Woodstock harbored an Indian woman from February 2003 to June 2005. She was first underpaid and then not paid at all. The couple said she could have left at any time but acknowledged telling her she would be deported and jailed.
She finally escaped with help from a neighbor.
The Garretts will be sentenced on April 22, 2009. Russell Garrett faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Malika Garrett could get a maximum of 15 years.
(Associated Press)
