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Juan Carlos Cruz Sentenced - The former host of the Food Network's "Calorie Commando" was sentenced Monday to nine years in a California prison after pleading no contest to soliciting two homeless men to kill his wife, Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman Elizabeth Martinez said. Juan-Carlos Cruz's wife was also in court during the sentencing, Martinez said. Fertility issues were at the center of the murder-for-hire plot, according to sources close to the couple. Authorities alleged that Cruz offered the two homeless men $500 to kill his wife, Shiara Davila-Morales of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. Police in Santa Monica, California, set up a sting and videotaped Cruz arranging the murder with the two men, Davila-Morales said. Cruz even drove one of them to his apartment and showed him how to get into the secure building, she said. Juan Carlos Cruz Sentenced Superior Court Judge H. Chester Horn Jr. ordered Cruz to pay $1,870 ...