Former Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Indicted for Obstruction and Lying to Federal Agents in Connection with Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio

A former lieutenant with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. was arrested Thursday and indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts related to obstruction and lying to federal law enforcement.

Shane Lamond, 47, is accused of providing information to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio about law enforcement investigations into him and then lying about it to federal agents. Lamond had been a 24-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department and had supervised the intelligence branch of the department’s homeland security bureau.

The indictment alleges that Lamond provided Tarrio with information about an impending arrest warrant and shared sensitive law enforcement information with him. It also claims that Lamond lied to federal agents about notifying Tarrio about the arrest warrant.

Lamond is expected to be arraigned before a federal judge in the coming days. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

The relationship between Lamond and Tarrio began in July 2019 and continued through the Jan. 6 insurrection. It is unclear what other information Lamond may have provided to Tarrio during that time. The investigation is ongoing.