Ex-DC police officer sentenced to 18 months in prison for tipping off Proud Boys leader about arrest warrant

Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt Shane Lamond seen here May in Washington was convicted in December of one count of obstruction of justice and three charges of lying to investigators Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt Shane Lamond seen here May in Washington was convicted in December of one count of obstruction of justice and three charges of lying to investigators CNN A former Washington DC police lieutenant was sentenced Friday to months in prison for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio about his force s study into the Proud Boys leader s burning of a Black Lives Matter flag and for misleading federal agents Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt Shane Lamond was convicted in December of one count of obstruction of justice and three charges of lying to investigators Lamond had leaked confidential information to the former Proud Boys leader throughout his own department s scrutiny culminating with him tipping off Tarrio that a warrant had been issued for his arrest for burning a DC church s Black Lives Matter banner at a rally in US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson who oversaw Lamond s bench trial last year sentenced him to months for the obstruction conviction and six months apiece for the three false statements convictions to run concurrently Jackson was critical of Lamond s actions emphasizing that he knowingly abused his position as a law enforcement officer to aid the subject of the analysis his department was conducting He hurt the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department the judge disclosed stressing that prison time was necessary to account for his crimes He lied to federal agents when he was a sworn law enforcement officer himself The sentence issued was much shorter than the four years sought by federal prosecutors which Jackson described as excessive but longer than the sentence of probation sought by Lamond s attorneys Addressing the court on Friday Lamond attempted to frame his relationship with Tarrio as an effort to develop a law enforcement source so he could help his department I thought building rapport sloppy as I was was doing my job Lamond commented Tarrio who was in court Friday for Lamond s sentencing eventually pleaded guilty to the flag burning situation in and was sentenced to five months in prison Tarrio was separately convicted of seditious conspiracy for his involvement in the January riot at the US Capitol He had been serving a -year prison sentence until earlier this year when President Donald Trump commuted his sentence Lamond was also ordered to serve months of probation following his prison term CNN s Devan Cole contributed to this analysis The-CNN-Wire Cable News Setup Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved Source