A convicted sex offender who had been on the run for two months was found in a hidden room that he apparently built at his wife 's Illinois home . Shawn Lipsey , a 40-year-old father , was convicted in November of six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecent solicitation of a child . He was released on bail but failed to appear at a January sentencing hearing , The Aurora Beacon-News reported . Arrested : Shawn Lipsey , left , was found hiding in a secret room at his wife 's home , two months after he failed to turn up to a sentencing hearing . His wife , Raissa Jarosz-Lipsey , right , has also been arrested . But this week , authorities received a tip that he was at his wife 's home in Newark , about 50 miles southwest of Chicago . He was taken into custody following a SWAT raid on the home . 'It was wild , ' said Kendall County sheriff 's Deputy Bryan Harl . 'Lipsey was located in the home , hiding in a specially constructed room . He made a fake wall , and it had hinges . He was hiding behind it . ' The room looked lived-in , Harl said . Deputies do n't know how long Lipsey had been hiding inside the home , which is on a rural road near just a handful of other houses . 'Once we located him , Lipsey surrendered and was taken into custody , ' Harl said . 'There was no resistance . There was no fighting . ' On the run : Lipsey had been convicted of multiple sex offences in November but then went into hiding . Hidden : Lipsey was kept inside a home on this quiet street in Newark , Illinois , but it is not clear for how long . The team looking for him included officers from the Kendall County Sheriff 's Office , the county 's Cooperative Assistance Team and U.S. marshals . He remains in custody on a no-bond warrant and faced a hearing on Friday afternoon . His wife , Raissa Jarosz-Lipsey , 40 , was also charged with obstruction of justice , concealing or aiding a fugitive and filing a false police report for allegedly knowing where he was when she reported him missing . Her bail has been set at $ 500,000 and she remains in custody .
Shawn Lipsey was found living behind a wall with hinges in his wife 's Newark , Illinois home on Tuesday after a tipster alerted authorities . He was convicted of sex offenses in 40 but failed to turn up for a sentencing hearing in January . His wife , Raissa Jarosz-Lipsey , November , was charged with obstruction of justice and for filing a missing person 's report while she was in the home .