NEW ORLEANS - Former State Senator Karen Carter Peterson was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison after she admitted to stealing money from Louisiana's Democratic party.

Prosecutors said Carter took more than $140,000 from the political party and her own campaign account and used it to gamble at casinos. 

She was sentenced Wednesday and ordered to report to federal court on March 6, according to the Times-Picayune. 

In April, Peterson announced she was resigning from Louisiana Legislature to take care of her mental health and work on her gambling addiction.