Ex-Delaware Valley High School wrestler pleads guilty to threatening to harm Washington, D.C., police officer

A former Delaware Valley High School all-star wrestler pleaded guilty last week to threatening to harm a Washington, D.C., police commander during a fifth anniversary celebration of the Jan. 6 riot.

District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Robert R. Rigsby sentenced Jake Lang to 180 days in prison, but suspended the sentence, which means he won’t be jailed unless he violates terms of his release, according to court records. Rigsby also ordered Lang to pay a $500 fine and $200 in victims of violent crime compensation by Jan. 27.

Now better known as a right-wing provocateur, Lang, whose full name is Edward Jacob Lang, called the commander “a pitbull that needs to be put down … and hung right here in front of the Capitol on national TV,” according to a police affidavit filed in the case…

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