A retired D.C. police officer found guilty of lying to detectives about the investigation into Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio will be spending more than a year in prison.

Shane Lamond was sentenced to 18 months Friday.

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The charges against Lamond stemmed from an incident in which Tarrio burned a Black Lives Matter banner outside a historic African-American church in 2020.

At the time, Lamond was a Metropolitan Police Department police lieutenant and head of the department's intelligence unit. Prosecutors allege Lamond tipped off Tarrio that he was about to be arrested for the banner burning.

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