AKRON, Ohio -- A quadriplegic man who admitted to trying to extort money from former Ohio State star and NFL player Christopher Beanie Wells has been sentenced to a year of house arrest after a judge concluded that imprisoning the defendant would be too costly for taxpayers.Cleveland.com (
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