Savvis co-founder gets more than 2 years in prison

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A co-founder of Savvis Communications Corporation has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for sending threatening e-mails and voicemail to his brother-in-law.

Andrew Gladney, 45, also will have two years of supervised release.

Gladney was sentenced Friday in federal court in St. Louis. He pleaded guilty on May 16 to one felony count of using interstate communications to threaten a man in order to extort money.

Authorities have said Gladney demanded more than $100,000.