Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lt. Shane Lamond was charged Monday with obstructing the investigation into former Proud Boys National Chairman Enrique Tarrio just weeks before the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. convicted.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson found Lamond guilty of one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements to federal law enforcement officers. issue a warrant for his arrest. At the time, Tarrio was the prime suspect in the investigation into the Black Lives Matter banner burning.
Lamond's sentencing date is set for April 3.
“As proven at trial, Lamond overturned his duties, provided confidential information rather than obtain information from his sources, lied about his conduct, and obstructed investigations into those sources,” the U.S. attorney said. Matthew Graves said in a statement. Monday.
“Ramond's intelligence-gathering role is critical to keeping our community safe. His betrayal of the trust placed in him further puts our community at risk. It cannot be ignored,” Graves added.
At the time, Mr. Lamond was the supervisor of the Metropolitan Police Department's Homeland Security Bureau's intelligence division. As part of his professional responsibilities, prosecutors said, he began communicating regularly with Tarrio in July 2019.
But prosecutors said that after the 2020 election, Ramond used Telegram to “secretly provide Tarrio with information regarding law enforcement activities related to Proud Boys activities in Washington, D.C.”
Both Ramond and Tarrio testified during the seven-day jury trial. Ramond said he never provided confidential police information to Tarrio, and Tarrio testified as a witness in Ramond's defense and said he never received any confidential information from Ramond. According to the Associated Press.
According to the Associated Press, the judge said trial evidence suggested Ms. Ramond did not use Ms. Tarrio as a source after the banner was burned in December 2020, but she did not. It was the opposite.”
“Ramond and Tarrio converse, and Tarrio quickly disseminates what he learns,” the judge said in the trial, describing a pattern of messages between the two men, according to the Associated Press.
The judge said Tarrio had a “frivolous, bossy and obnoxious demeanor” on the stand and called him a “terrible witness,” according to the Associated Press. “He was one of the worst players I had a chance to sit next to while I was on the bench.”
Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the lead-up to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
