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Fox News
2 days ago
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- Fox News
Former DC cop who lied about leaking info to Proud Boys leader gets prison time
A former D.C. police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted on one count of obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements. Shane Lamond, who was the supervisor of the Intelligence Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department's Homeland Security Bureau, leaked sensitive information to then-national chairman of the Proud Boys, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio. Tarrio attended Lamond's sentencing and held a news conference afterward, calling on President Donald Trump to pardon the former officer. "I ask that the Justice Department and the President of the United States step in and correct the injustice that I just witnessed inside this courtroom," Tarrio said, according to reports. Lamond was convicted in December 2024 for tipping off Tarrio about his own department's investigation into the destruction of a "Black Lives Matter" (BLM) banner. "As proven at trial, Lamond turned his job on its head—providing confidential information to a source, rather than getting information from him—lied about the conduct, and obstructed an investigation into the source," U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said after Lamond's conviction. "The intelligence gathering role that Lamond was supposed to play is critical to keeping our community safe. His violation of the trust placed in him put our community more at risk and cannot be ignored." According to a Dec. 2024 press release from the Justice Department, Lamond and Tarrio were regularly in contact regarding "planned" Proud Boys activities in D.C. starting in July 2019. This did not change after Lamond's department began an investigation into the Dec. 12, 2020, destruction of a BLM banner. Despite the fact that Tarrio was considered the "prime subject" of the investigation, Lamond gave the then-Proud Boys leader "confidential law enforcement information." The Justice Department says that Tarrio passed the information to other members of the Proud Boys. Weeks later, on Jan. 4, 2021 — just two days before the infamous Jan. 6 Capitol riot — Lamond sent Tarrio a message that was "set to self destruct" informing the Proud Boys leader that there was a warrant for his arrest. Tarrio, who was traveling from Florida to D.C. when he received the message, was arrested and pleaded guilty. In D.C., the maximum penalty for obstruction of justice is 30 years in prison, while false statement charges carry a maximum of five years.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Former DC police officer sentenced to 18 months for lying about leaking info to Proud Boys leader
A retired police officer was sentenced on Friday to serve 18 months behind bars for lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the Proud Boys extremist group's former top leader, who was under investigation for burning a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation's capital. Shane Lamond was a lieutenant for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., when he fed information about its banner burning investigation to then-Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio. Last December, after a trial without a jury, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., convicted Lamond of one count of obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements. Tarrio attended Lamond's sentencing and later called for Trump to pardon Lamond. 'I ask that the Justice Department and the President of the United States step in and correct the injustice that I just witnessed inside this courtroom," Tarrio said outside the courthouse after the sentencing. Prosecutors recommended a four-year prison sentence for Lamond. 'Because Lamond knew what he did was wrong, he lied to cover it up — not just to the Federal Agents who questioned his actions, but to this Court," they wrote. "This is an egregious obstruction of justice and a betrayal of the work of his colleagues at MPD.' Lamond's lawyers argued that a prison sentence isn't warranted. "Mr. Lamond gained nothing from his communications with Mr. Tarrio and only sought, albeit in a sloppy and ineffective way, to gain information and intelligence that would help stop the violent protesters coming to D.C. in late 2020, early 2021," they wrote. Tarrio pleaded guilty to burning the banner stolen from a historic Black church in downtown Washington in December 2020. He was arrested two days before dozens of Proud Boys members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tarrio wasn't at the Capitol that day, but a jury convicted him of orchestrating a violent plot to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election. Lamond testified at his bench trial that he never provided Tarrio with sensitive police information. Tarrio, who testified as a witness for Lamond's defense, said he did not confess to Lamond about burning the banner and did not receive any confidential information from him. But the judge did not find either man's testimony to be credible. Jackson said the evidence indicated that Lamond was not using Tarrio as a source after the Dec. 12, 2020, banner burning. 'It was the other way around,' she said. Lamond, of Colonial Beach, Virginia, retired in May 2023 after 23 years of service to the police department. Lamond, who met Tarrio in 2019, had supervised the intelligence branch of the police department's Homeland Security Bureau. He was responsible for monitoring groups like the Proud Boys when they came to Washington. Prosecutors said Lamond tipped off Tarrio that a warrant for his arrest had been signed. They pointed to messages that suggest Lamond provided Tarrio with real-time updates on the police investigation. Lamond's indictment says he and Tarrio exchanged messages about the Jan. 6 riot and discussed whether Proud Boys members were in danger of being charged in the attack. 'Of course I can't say it officially, but personally I support you all and don't want to see your group's name and reputation dragged through the mud,' Lamond wrote. Lamond said he was upset that a prosecutor labeled him as a Proud Boys 'sympathizer' who acted as a 'double agent' for the group after Tarrio burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020. 'I don't support the Proud Boys, and I'm not a Proud Boys sympathizer,' Lamond testified. Lamond said he considered Tarrio to be a source, not a friend. But he said he tried to build a friendly rapport with the group leader to gain his trust. ___
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Former DC police officer sentenced to 18 months for lying about leaking info to Proud Boys leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired police officer was sentenced on Friday to serve 18 months behind bars for lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the Proud Boys extremist group's former top leader, who was under investigation for burning a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation's capital. Shane Lamond was a lieutenant for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., when he fed information about its banner burning investigation to then-Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio. Last December, after a trial without a jury, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., convicted Lamond of one count of obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements. Tarrio attended Lamond's sentencing and later called for Trump to pardon Lamond. 'I ask that the Justice Department and the President of the United States step in and correct the injustice that I just witnessed inside this courtroom,' Tarrio said outside the courthouse after the sentencing. Prosecutors recommended a four-year prison sentence for Lamond. 'Because Lamond knew what he did was wrong, he lied to cover it up — not just to the Federal Agents who questioned his actions, but to this Court,' they wrote . 'This is an egregious obstruction of justice and a betrayal of the work of his colleagues at MPD.' Lamond's lawyers argued that a prison sentence isn't warranted. 'Mr. Lamond gained nothing from his communications with Mr. Tarrio and only sought, albeit in a sloppy and ineffective way, to gain information and intelligence that would help stop the violent protesters coming to D.C. in late 2020, early 2021,' they wrote . Tarrio pleaded guilty to burning the banner stolen from a historic Black church in downtown Washington in December 2020. He was arrested two days before dozens of Proud Boys members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tarrio wasn't at the Capitol that day, but a jury convicted him of orchestrating a violent plot to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election. Lamond testified at his bench trial that he never provided Tarrio with sensitive police information. Tarrio, who testified as a witness for Lamond's defense, said he did not confess to Lamond about burning the banner and did not receive any confidential information from him. But the judge did not find either man's testimony to be credible. Jackson said the evidence indicated that Lamond was not using Tarrio as a source after the Dec. 12, 2020, banner burning. 'It was the other way around,' she said. Lamond, of Colonial Beach, Virginia, retired in May 2023 after 23 years of service to the police department. Lamond, who met Tarrio in 2019, had supervised the intelligence branch of the police department's Homeland Security Bureau. He was responsible for monitoring groups like the Proud Boys when they came to Washington. Prosecutors said Lamond tipped off Tarrio that a warrant for his arrest had been signed. They pointed to messages that suggest Lamond provided Tarrio with real-time updates on the police investigation. Lamond's indictment says he and Tarrio exchanged messages about the Jan. 6 riot and discussed whether Proud Boys members were in danger of being charged in the attack. 'Of course I can't say it officially, but personally I support you all and don't want to see your group's name and reputation dragged through the mud,' Lamond wrote. Lamond said he was upset that a prosecutor labeled him as a Proud Boys 'sympathizer' who acted as a 'double agent' for the group after Tarrio burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in December 2020. 'I don't support the Proud Boys, and I'm not a Proud Boys sympathizer,' Lamond testified. Lamond said he considered Tarrio to be a source, not a friend. But he said he tried to build a friendly rapport with the group leader to gain his trust. ___
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Ex-DC Police officer sentenced to 2 years in prison for tipping off Proud Boys leader about arrest warrant
A former Washington, DC, police lieutenant was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio about his force's investigation into the Proud Boys leader's burning of a Black Lives Matter flag and for misleading federal agents. Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond was convicted in December of one count of obstruction of justice and three charges of lying to investigators. Lamond had leaked confidential information to the former Proud Boys leader throughout his own department's investigation, culminating with him tipping off Tarrio that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for burning a DC church's Black Lives Matter banner at a rally in 2020. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who oversaw Lamond's bench trial last year, sentenced him to 18 months for the obstruction conviction and six months apiece for the three false statements convictions, to run concurrently. Jackson was critical of Lamond's actions, emphasizing that he knowingly abused his position as a law enforcement officer to aid the subject of the investigation his department was conducting. 'He hurt the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department,' the judge said, stressing that prison time was necessary to account for his crimes. 'He lied to federal agents when he was a sworn law enforcement officer himself.' The sentence issued was much shorter than the four years sought by federal prosecutors – which Jackson described as 'excessive' – but longer than the sentence of probation sought by Lamond's attorneys. Addressing the court on Friday, Lamond attempted to frame his relationship with Tarrio as an effort to develop a law enforcement source so he could help his department. 'I thought building rapport, sloppy as I was, was doing my job,' Lamond said. Tarrio, who was in court Friday for Lamond's sentencing, eventually pleaded guilty to the flag burning incident in 2021 and was sentenced to five months in prison. Tarrio was separately convicted of seditious conspiracy for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. He had been serving a 22-year prison sentence until earlier this year, when President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. Lamond was also ordered to serve 18 months of probation following his prison term.
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Ex-DC Police officer sentenced to 2 years in prison for tipping off Proud Boys leader about arrest warrant
A former Washington, DC, police lieutenant was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio about his force's investigation into the Proud Boys leader's burning of a Black Lives Matter flag and for misleading federal agents. Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond was convicted in December of one count of obstruction of justice and three charges of lying to investigators. Lamond had leaked confidential information to the former Proud Boys leader throughout his own department's investigation, culminating with him tipping off Tarrio that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for burning a DC church's Black Lives Matter banner at a rally in 2020. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who oversaw Lamond's bench trial last year, sentenced him to 18 months for the obstruction conviction and six months apiece for the three false statements convictions, to run concurrently. Jackson was critical of Lamond's actions, emphasizing that he knowingly abused his position as a law enforcement officer to aid the subject of the investigation his department was conducting. 'He hurt the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department,' the judge said, stressing that prison time was necessary to account for his crimes. 'He lied to federal agents when he was a sworn law enforcement officer himself.' The sentence issued was much shorter than the four years sought by federal prosecutors – which Jackson described as 'excessive' – but longer than the sentence of probation sought by Lamond's attorneys. Addressing the court on Friday, Lamond attempted to frame his relationship with Tarrio as an effort to develop a law enforcement source so he could help his department. 'I thought building rapport, sloppy as I was, was doing my job,' Lamond said. Tarrio, who was in court Friday for Lamond's sentencing, eventually pleaded guilty to the flag burning incident in 2021 and was sentenced to five months in prison. Tarrio was separately convicted of seditious conspiracy for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. He had been serving a 22-year prison sentence until earlier this year, when President Donald Trump commuted his sentence. Lamond was also ordered to serve 18 months of probation following his prison term.
