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Three Freedom residents are facing felony charges in Woods County after denying knowledge of the whereabouts of a wanted man.

After officers served a search warrant at the residence of Joshua Dean Shreeve, 20, of Freedom on Aug. 30, he was charged with felony possession of controlled dangerous substance – meth – within 1,000 feet of a school or park. A warrant was issued for his arrest. The Woods County Sheriff’s Office learned that Shreeve had fled the area to avoid arrest, and he was possibly armed with a 9mm pistol.

On Aug. 31 Woods County Deputy Adam Honeyman received a call from a concerned citizen of Freedom saying he/she observed Jamin Dean Shreeve and a woman later identified as Teresa Lorena Altobella, sneak Joshua into the residence of James Dean (Jim) Shreeve.

Undersheriff Keith Dale spoke with the citizen who reported seeing Jamin back up his pickup to a wooden gate on the north end of James’ property before getting out with Teresa. They looked around and then motioned Joshua to get out. The citizen reported seeing Joshua get out of the pickup and run inside James’ house.

On Sept. 4 about 6:30 p.m. Undersheriff Dale and Deputy Ethan McOsker went to Jim Shreeve’s residence where they saw Jim’s vehicle parked outside. Dale knocked on the door, waiting two or three minutes, and then rang the doorbell. About two minutes later, Jim answered the door and immediately stepped outside, shutting the door behind him.

Dale explained he had a report that Joshua, who had a felony warrant for his arrest, was inside. He also said he knew there were firearms inside the house and that Joshua was possibly armed with a pistol. Jim became very agitated and said Joshua was not inside. Dale explained if he was lying he would be criminally charged with harboring a fugitive from justice. Jim said Joshua was going to turn himself in on Tuesday.

Dale told Jim he spoke with Brian Mitchell with the DA’s office who stated based on Joshua’s active felony warrant, being a proven flight risk, possibly being armed, and being an alleged threat to the community, if Dale believed he was inside a residence he was legally justified to enter and look for him. Jim flung the door open and said, “Well come on in and search … you’re going to anyway.”

Inside Dale found Teresa Altobella and two minor children. Both Jim and Teresa continued to deny that Joshua was there. Teresa kept walking away toward another room and became verbally combative. At one point she began videoing Dale with a cellphone.

Due to the number of occupants inside and with Jim and Teresa being agitated, Dale requested assistance from Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Chris Ray. When Ray arrived, he sat with Jim and Teresa while Dale and McOsker searched the residence.

As they were searching, Dale saw Jamin Shreeve walking from the alley into the backyard of Jim’s residence. Dale asked if he knew where Joshua was, and Jamin said no. After being warned he could be charged for harboring a fugitive, Jamin said he picked Joshua up and brought him to Jim’s residence, but Joshua had run from the house before their arrival. Dale took Jamin inside to sit with the others.

While Dale was searching the garage, he saw a chair pushed up against a work bench with a wooden door standing upright on the bench. The door could be used to access the crawl space between the first and second floors of the residence. He observed the dust on the door was displaced, leading him to believe someone had used it to gain access to the crawl space.

Dale gave several verbal orders for Joshua to come out which went unanswered. Without being questioned, Jamin said he got a call from Joshua saying he was hungry and needed a place to go so he picked him up and brought him to Jim’s. Dale saw a flash of light from the dark crawl space, announced he had seen the light, and again told Joshua to come out. Joshua said he was coming out, and Dale told him to show his hands which he did. He came out and was placed under arrest.

The three officers left the residence, and Dale took Joshua Shreeve to the Woods County Sheriff’s Office to be booked into jail.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, Jamin Dean Shreeve, 44; Teresa Lorena Altobella, 46; and James Dean Shreeve, 79, were each charged with a felony of harboring a fugitive from justice. This crime is punishable by imprisonment of up to ten years and a $10,000 fine.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, Woods County Deputy Adam Honeyman saw James Shreeve driving into the Alva Bowling parking lot. Knowing he had a felony warrant for his arrest, Honeyman pulled in behind him with his emergency lights activated. Shreeve bailed out of his vehicle with his arms up in an aggressive manner and approached Honeyman’s vehicle as he was exiting.

Honeyman told Shreeve to get back and that he had a warrant for his arrest. Shreeve continued toward him with his fists clenched in an aggressive manner proclaiming his dislike for the Woods County Sheriff’s Office. Honeyman placed Shreeve in an arm bar which he tried to defeat by spinning away. Honeyman turned him the opposite way and pushed him into his patrol vehicle to gain control and handcuffed him.

Shreeve continued to shout obscenities in the parking lot as he was placed in Honeyman’s patrol vehicle, causing disturbance to patrons entering the business. He was then taken to the Woods County Jail.

James Shreeve, 79, now faces an additional charge of resisting an officer, a misdemeanor.