Former DC police officer convicted of feeding information to Proud Boys leader

[Karah Rucker]

A RETIRED METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICER IS FOUND GUILTY BY A WASHINGTON JUDGE  AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF TIPPING OFF A LEADER OF ‘THE PROUD BOYS’ AND THEN **LYING ABOUT IT. 

SHANE LAMOND NOW FACES UP TO 45 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FEEDING PROUD BOY LEADER ENRIQUE TARRIO INFORMATION THAT HELPED HIM PLAN THE JANUARY SIXTH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 

THE FORMER LIEUTENANT  LED THE D.C. POLICE’S INTELLIGENCE UNIT…HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND THREE COUNTS OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS. 

DURING THE TWO WEEK BENCH TRIAL, PROSECUTORS SAID LAMOND COVERED UP HIS COMMUNICATION WITH TARRIO–DELETING MESSAGES AND USING AN ENCRYPTED APP.  

CONVERSATIONS THAT SHOWED LAMOND TELLING HIM THERE WAS A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST FOR BURNING A BLACK LIVES MATTER FLAG DURING A TRUMP RALLY IN 2020. 

PROSECUTORS ALLEGE LAMOND PLEDGED HIS SUPPORT OF THE PROUD BOYS, SAYING HE DIDN’T WANT THEIR REPUTATION TO BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD.

ON MONDAY THE FEDERAL JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE VERDICT, SAYING LAMOND ACTED AS AN INFORMANT FOR THE PROUD BOYS GROUP. 

WHEN ASKED IF THE PROUD BOYS WOULD BE AT THE MARCH PROTESTING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TARRIO LIED TO THE FORMER OFFICER AND SAID IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY SMALL–DOWNPLAYING THE GROUP’S CENTRAL ROLE. 

LAMOND’S DEFENSE SAID HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH TARRIO DIDN’T BREACH POLICE CONDUCT AND ITS HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT GATHERS EVIDENCE FROM SOURCES. 

HIS LAWYERS ARGUED LAMOND WAS KEY IN THE ARREST OF TARRIO. 

TARRIO IS CURRENTLY SERVING 22 YEARS FOR HELPING TO COORDINATE THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 

TARRIO ALSO TESTIFIED HE LIED ABOUT RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM LAMOND TO OTHER MEMBERS OF PROUD BOYS. 

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M KARAH RUCKER