A former Washington D.C. police lieutenant will serve less than two years behind bars for tipping off Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio about his impending arrest, then lying to federal law enforcement officials about their communication.

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lt. Shane Lamond was found guilty in Dec. 2024 of obstructing justice and making false statements to federal law enforcement officials.

Federal prosecutors reported that Lamond was supposed to keep in touch with Tarrio about the Proud Boys’ planned activities in the District of Columbia as part of his job responsibilities. The two began regularly communicating in July 2019.

After the 2020 election, Lamond began using the messaging app Telegram to surreptitiously message Tarrio about law enforcement

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