Seacrest stalker gets 2 years prison time

By ABC7
LOS ANGELES After previously pleading no contest to stalking the host of "American Idol," Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. received the maximum sentence on Monday.

Uzomah, 26, has been jailed since his arrest in October at the E! Entertainment Television studios, where he tried to reach Seacrest.

The judge rejected a defense request to sentence Uzomah to probation.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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