DC police lieutenant indicted for allegedly leaking information to Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio

A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant has been indicted for obstruction of justice for allegedly telling Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio about a warrant issued for his arrest, officials said.

The officer, Lt. Shane Lamond, has also been charged for making false and misleading statements in connection with the case.

A U.S. District Court grand jury indicted, Lamond, 47, on one obstruction of justice charge and three counts of making false statements. He was was arraigned on the counts Friday, officials said.

Lamond, who worked in the department's Homeland Security Bureau, was in regular contact with Tarrio regarding the activities of the right-wing Proud Boys in D.C. from July 2019 until at least January 2021, prosecutors said. 

The indictment alleges that in December 2020, Lamond told Tarrio confidential information about law enforcement's probe into the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner. Lamond sent the Proud Boys leader a message through Telegram the following month stating that a warrant was issued for Tarrio's arrest in connection to the banner burning.

The obstruction of justice charges carries a maximum of 30 years in prison while each false statement charge carries a maximum of five years.

Tarrio and three other Proud Boys members were found guilty earlier this month of seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. 

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.