Washington, D.C. Police Lieutenant Indicted for Allegedly Obstructing Justice and Making False Statements in Connection with Capitol Attack

A high-ranking lieutenant in the Washington, D.C., police department was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday for allegedly obstructing justice and making false statements.

Lieutenant Shane Lamond, 47, was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements. The indictment alleges that Lamond, who supervised the intelligence branch of the Washington, D.C., police, exchanged hundreds of messages with former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio as Lamond helped Tarrio understand police investigations into his group, particularly around the time of the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Tarrio, the former chair of the Proud Boys, was recently found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Capitol attack, along with other members of the far-right group. Tarrio was not in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 after his arrest in connection with the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner, as he was banned from the city by a judge the day before the attack.

The indictment alleges that Lamond tipped off Tarrio about a pending warrant for his arrest just ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. If convicted, Lamond faces up to 20 years in prison for the obstruction of justice charge and up to five years for each of the false statement charges.

The indictment of Lamond is the latest in a series of criminal charges related to the Capitol attack. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 400 people in connection with the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.