Defendant in attack on Rep. Angie Craig, Kendrid Hamlin, sentenced to 27 months in prison

A federal judge has sentenced Kendrid Hamlin of Washington, D.C., to 27 months in prison for the February assault of Rep. Angie Craig, Democrat of Minnesota, in the elevator of Craig's Capitol Hill apartment complex.  

Hamlin followed, trapped and then punched Craig during the attack, according to the Justice Department.   She was bruised and injured. Craig told CBS News she managed to escape by throwing her hot coffee on Hamlin and racing out the doors at the next floor.  

Hamlin pleaded guilty in June and apologized in court Thursday.