Claremore Man Sentenced To Five Life Terms In Serial Rape Case

A Claremore man was sentenced to five life terms Tuesday, July 18 in a serial rape case. Prosecutors said Shawn Freeman picked up female victims as they were walking near 11th and Admiral, sometimes identifying himself as a police officer.

Freeman was convicted of five counts of first-degree rape, forcible sodomy and kidnapping. The state dismissed one count each of rape, sodomy and kidnapping.

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He received five life sentences in the rapes and 20 years on each of the other counts. 

The sentences will run consecutively, court records show.