KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A former municipal court judge who admitted funding a gambling habit with money she solicited from attorneys who practiced before her was sentenced Friday to 28 months in prison.

Prosecutors said Deborah A. Neal received about $36,000 in loans from at least 17 attorneys and three bonding companies during her more than eight years on the bench. Neal, 54, resigned in November.

Neal gave some attorneys preferential treatment, prosecutors said. In one case, she dismissed about 40 traffic citations issued to a defense lawyer who loaned her money.

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