On October 28, at approximately 2:12 a.m. Fairfield Police received a report of a domestic assault at the 800 block of East Burlington Avenue in Fairfield. The victim reported that his girlfriend, 26-year-old Sherry Thomas-McCabe of Fairfield, had assaulted him and barricaded herself inside the residence with their 3-year-old son.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Fairfield Police Department’s joint Strategic Response Team (SRT) responded to the scene, along with a Fairfield Police Department hostage negotiator. The child was negotiated out of the home, but Thomas-McCabe remained inside. SRT then initiated a dynamic entry with the help of the K-9 Unit. She was located in a hidden compartment in the crawl-space of the home, armed with a loaded AR-style rifle.

Thomas-McCabe was transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. She is being held on bond pending an initial court appearance. She is charged with interference with official acts with display or possession of a dangerous weapon, a class D felony, assault with display or possession of a dangerous weapon, an aggravated misdemeanor, and domestic abuse assault second offense, a serious misdemeanor. The case is under active investigation at this time.

Assisting the Fairfield Police Department was the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa State Patrol, Care Ambulance, the Fairfield Fire Department, and the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office.

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