Former DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond has been convicted of “obstruction of justice” and three counts of “making false statements” for being in contact with former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.
Lamond, 49, often coordinated with Tarrio to keep his group away from areas where Antifa militants were counter-protesting to prevent political violence.
Before his arrest, Lamond had been with the department for 22 years and served as supervisor of the Intelligence Branch for his last four years.
District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson found Lamond guilty on Monday after a seven-day trial.
Lamond was accused of tipping off Tarrio about a warrant for his arrest over the burning of a Black Lives Matter flag during another protest in 2020.
“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 Graves said in a press release.
“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,” Graves added.
Lamond’s legal team argued that he was doing his job and cultivating sources to keep the peace in the city.
Prior to being released from jail for burning the flag, Tarrio was visited by prosecutors asking for information about Lamond. He explained to them that their relationship was professional and their contact was simply to let the Metropolitan Police know when the Proud Boys were in town and where they would be, to keep everyone safe while exercising their First Amendment rights.
Speaking to the Gateway Pundit in 2022, Tarrio explained that he kept in touch with Lamond because he was trying to do the right thing by letting police know where they would be.
“We have got to a point where police doing police work is wrong. The only relationship I had with him has been professional — him trying to keep the peace, keep people safe and let them express their protected First Amendment rights,” Tarrio said. “There’s no conspiracy here. There were no controversial conversations.”
“Every time we go somewhere, whether it’s DC or Portland, we call local law enforcement to let them know. This is why people have called me an informant. I work with law enforcement to keep our people safe when we go somewhere,” Tarrio said. “This is going to cause people to not want to work with police, and will lead to protesters and counter-protesters fighting with each other.”
Tarrio also testified during Lamond’s trial. He is currently serving 22 years in prison over the protest at the Capitol on January 6, even though he was not even in the city at the time.
Lamond is scheduled to be sentenced on April 3, 2025.
