A former D.C. police lieutenant was found guilty Monday on charges that he improperly warned Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio of his pending arrest two days before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, then lied about it to investigators.
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Shane Lamond, a 24-year department veteran, aided the far-right Proud Boys group when he leaked word to Tarrio that a warrant had been signed for his arrest for burning a Black Lives Matter flag stolen from a historic African American church during a pro-Trump rally weeks earlier, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said after a week-long bench trial.
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“The defendant was not using Tarrio as a source; it was the other way around,” Jackson said Monday in finding the former officer guilty on all counts. “He knew then and he knows now that it was wrong.”
Lamond, 48, of Stafford, Virginia, headed D.C. police’s intelligence unit at the time. He pleaded not guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements.
Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI.Shane Lamond, a 24-year department veteran, aided the far-right Proud Boys group when he leaked word to Tarrio that a warrant had been signed for his arrest for burning a Black Lives Matter flag stolen from a historic African American church during a pro-Trump rally weeks earlier, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said after a week-long bench trial.
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“The defendant was not using Tarrio as a source; it was the other way around,” Jackson said Monday in finding the former officer guilty on all counts. “He knew then and he knows now that it was wrong.”
Lamond, 48, of Stafford, Virginia, headed D.C. police’s intelligence unit at the time. He pleaded not guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements.
