Former DC cop who lied about leaking info to Proud Boys leader gets prison time

A former D.C. constabulary officer has been sentenced to 18 months successful situation aft being convicted connected 1 number of obstructing justness and 3 counts of making mendacious statements.

Shane Lamond, who was the supervisor of the Intelligence Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homeland Security Bureau, leaked delicate accusation to then-national president of the Proud Boys, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio. 

Washington Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond departs national tribunal aft pleading not blameworthy to obstruction of justness and different charges connected May 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Tarrio attended Lamond’s sentencing and held a quality league afterward, calling connected President Donald Trump to pardon the erstwhile officer.

"I inquire that the Justice Department and the President of the United States measurement successful and close the injustice that I conscionable witnessed wrong this courtroom," Tarrio said, according to reports.

Lamond was convicted successful December 2024 for tipping disconnected Tarrio astir his ain department’s probe into the demolition of a "Black Lives Matter" (BLM) banner.

"As proven astatine trial, Lamond turned his occupation connected its head—providing confidential accusation to a source, alternatively than getting accusation from him—lied astir the conduct, and obstructed an probe into the source," U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said aft Lamond’s conviction. "The quality gathering relation that Lamond was expected to play is captious to keeping our assemblage safe.  His usurpation of the spot placed successful him enactment our assemblage much astatine hazard and cannot beryllium ignored."

Enrique Tarrio, person of the Proud Boys (L) and Joe Biggs (R) stitchery extracurricular of Harry's barroom during a protestation connected Dec. 12, 2020, successful Washington, D.C. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

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According to a Dec. 2024 press release from the Justice Department, Lamond and Tarrio were regularly successful interaction regarding "planned" Proud Boys activities successful D.C. starting successful July 2019. This did not alteration aft Lamond’s section began an probe into the Dec. 12, 2020, demolition of a BLM banner. 

Despite the information that Tarrio was considered the "prime subject" of the investigation, Lamond gave the then-Proud Boys person "confidential instrumentality enforcement information." The Justice Department says that Tarrio passed the accusation to different members of the Proud Boys.

A country from the January 6 riot astatine the US Capitol successful 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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Weeks later, connected Jan. 4, 2021 — conscionable 2 days earlier the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol riot — Lamond sent Tarrio a connection that was "set to aforesaid destruct" informing the Proud Boys person that determination was a warrant for his arrest. Tarrio, who was traveling from Florida to D.C. erstwhile helium received the message, was arrested and pleaded guilty.

In D.C., the maximum punishment for obstruction of justness is 30 years successful prison, portion mendacious connection charges transportation a maximum of 5 years.