Hendricks County Arrest Records
Hendricks County arrest records and court charge records are related, but they are not the same record. An arrest or booking record can involve the Sheriff's Office, jail, arresting agency, booking number, arrest date, booked date, release status, holds, and custody information. The official court charge record begins when the prosecutor files charges in court, where MyCase may show the offense date, statute, degree, offense description, citation number, and modifications.
The Hendricks County Sheriff's Office page names the sheriff's office, links public-record request resources, and points users to jail, INjail, VINE, registry, and records materials.
The sheriff channel supports arrest and law-enforcement records, while court charges after arrest are verified through MyCase and the Clerk.
Use inmate records for the jail roster and custody status. Use criminal court records for the full court case file at the Hendricks County Courthouse, including pleas, hearings, dispositions, sentencing, and financial obligations. Use court records for broader civil, family, probate, traffic, and Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts access.
Find Arrest Records and Charges
Start with the record type. For a court charge after arrest, search MyCase by defendant name, case number, citation number, or cross reference, then filter to Hendricks County or the relevant town court. For booking custody, use INjail through the inmate channel. For incident reports, crash reports, body-camera footage, photos, or other sheriff records, use the Sheriff's Office public-record request process.
- Search MyCase for the defendant name, case number, citation number, or cross reference.
- Filter the court to Hendricks County, Avon Town Court, Brownsburg Town Court, or Plainfield Town Court when the venue is known.
- Open the case and review the charge list, offense date, statute, degree, description, and modifications.
- Read the CCS for charge changes, hearings, dispositions, warrants, bond entries, and sentencing events.
- Use sheriff request channels for arrest reports, crash reports, photos, body-camera footage, or law-enforcement records not contained in the court file.
Indiana SAVIN is a separate notification and offender-status service, not a complete court charge database. It can help track offender status, but charge verification still belongs with official court records.
Indiana SAVIN's offender search is one official statewide status channel linked in the Hendricks research.
SAVIN can supplement custody or notification checks, but it does not replace MyCase or Clerk records for court charges.
Prosecutor Files Court Charges
The Hendricks County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is the charging office for state criminal cases in the 55th Judicial Circuit. Research identifies the office at 6 S Jefferson St, Danville, IN 46122, phone 317-745-9283. Loren P. Delp is the Prosecuting Attorney, and the prosecutor site describes a criminal division that prosecutes adult felony and misdemeanor cases. The county also maintains a Prosecutor department page with local office topics.
After an arrest, law enforcement may submit reports to the prosecutor. The prosecutor then decides whether to file formal charges, decline charges, offer a deferral or diversion path for eligible matters, or proceed with the criminal case. If the prosecutor declines charges after arrest, the research states that a notice of declination is filed as an MC case type. Once charges are filed, the court charge record is no longer just an arrest-side entry.
Charges After Arrest Documents
Indiana criminal charging terms in the research glossary include information, indictment, and citation. An information is a formal criminal charging document filed by a prosecutor. An indictment is a charge returned by a grand jury. A citation is a ticket or notice alleging an infraction or offense. MyCase charge data may show the citation number, offense date, offense statute, degree or classification, original degree, modification, and offense description.
| Citation | Information | Indictment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Ticket or notice alleging an infraction or offense. | Formal charge filed by the prosecutor. | Charge returned by a grand jury. |
| Record Use | Can start or identify traffic, ordinance, infraction, or offense records. | Common court filing for felony or misdemeanor prosecution. | Used when a grand jury returns the charge. |
| Where Found | MyCase citation search and court charge fields when public. | Court case and CCS once filed. | Court case and CCS once filed. |
| Verification | Verify through MyCase, court, town court, or Clerk. | Verify through MyCase and Clerk records. | Verify through MyCase and Clerk records. |
Hendricks Charge Status Table
Charge status can change as the case moves. One arrest can produce multiple charges, and each charge may resolve differently. The docket or CCS should be read with the charge list because a case-level status does not always explain the result of each count.
| Status | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Pending | The charge has been filed or remains unresolved in the case. |
| Amended | The prosecutor or court record reflects a change to the charged offense or its details. |
| Reduced | The charged offense has been changed to a lower level or different offense as reflected in the record. |
| Dismissed | The charge has been ended without a conviction on that count, subject to the exact court wording. |
| Disposed | The court has entered an outcome for the charge or case. |
| Expunged / Sealed | Public access may be restricted or removed after eligible relief or court order. |
Charges vs Convictions
A court charge is an allegation that has been filed. A conviction is an outcome. Hendricks County arrest records may show booking charges, and MyCase may show filed charges, but neither should be read as a conviction unless the disposition, plea, judgment, or sentencing entry supports that result.
| Charge | Conviction | |
|---|---|---|
| Stage | Accusation or filed count after arrest or citation. | Final guilt-based result by plea or court finding. |
| Where It Appears | Charge list, citation fields, prosecutor filings, and CCS entries. | Disposition, judgment, plea, and sentencing entries. |
| Can Change | May be amended, reduced, dismissed, or supplemented. | Can be challenged or later restricted only through lawful process. |
| Meaning | Does not prove guilt. | Represents the court's adjudicated outcome. |
Sheriff Arrest Record Requests
The Sheriff's Office is at 189 E Campus Blvd, P.O. Box 87, Danville, IN 46122, office phone 317-745-6269, fax 317-745-9276, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Research identifies Jack Sadler as Sheriff and Scott Larsen as Chief Deputy. Sheriff records are the right route for law-enforcement materials rather than court filings.
The sheriff public-records request form includes requestor name, phone, street address, city, state, zip, case or crash number, date, time, location, and individuals involved. It also identifies record categories such as dash-camera footage, body-camera footage, photos, case reports, and crash reports. Submission can be by email to tdouglas@co.hendricks.in.us or fax to 317-745-9276, with pickup at 189 East Campus Boulevard or mailing where available. The research notes payment by cash exact change or money order for individuals, and checks accepted from insurance or attorney offices.
Charge Routing by Court
Hendricks felony and misdemeanor assignments follow weekly rotations. Domestic-violence cases under listed statutes go to Superior Court 5. Search warrants tied to pending criminal cases are filed in the court presiding over the criminal case. Brownsburg and Plainfield town courts handle certain Class C misdemeanor cases within town limits, except OWI and listed domestic-violence offenses.
Traffic and ordinance charge routing can also matter. Danville Police infractions and Amo or Danville ordinance violations go to Superior Court 5. Avon Police infractions and Avon ordinance violations go to Brownsburg Town Court. Other infractions and ordinance violations go to the appropriate Town Court. OWI under IC 9-30-5-1 or IC 9-30-5-2 is treated as criminal and excluded from town-court assignment exceptions in local rules.
Sealed vs Expunged Charges
Indiana's IC 35-38-9 controls sealing and expungement paths for arrests, charges, and convictions. Arrest-only records, nonprosecution, dismissal, acquittal, or no true finding may qualify under one path, while conviction-related relief depends on misdemeanor, Level 6 or Class D felony, more serious felony, waiting-period, and prosecutor-consent conditions. If granted, the order directs how public access is limited.
| Sealed | Expunged | |
|---|---|---|
| Public View | Restricted from general public access by law or order. | Restricted under the applicable expungement chapter if granted. |
| Case Search | May not appear or may show limited data. | Granted cases may be removed depending on the type of relief. |
| Agency Access | Courts, law enforcement, and prosecutors may retain lawful access. | Statutory access may remain for listed agencies or contexts. |
| Best Wording | Sealed or restricted from general public access. | Do not promise erasure unless the official order or statute supports it. |
Restricted Arrest and Charge Records
Restricted categories include juvenile charges, sealed records, expunged matters, adoption-related records, mental-health matters, protected-party information, sealed search warrants, active investigations, and certain law-enforcement intelligence. Public access rules also exclude Social Security numbers, protected addresses, full financial account numbers, minor-identifying information, and other confidential fields from public access.
The safest workflow is to verify the arrest side with the sheriff or jail, verify the court charge side with MyCase and the Clerk, and verify any unresolved warrant or custody question with the issuing court or law enforcement. Unofficial people-search sites should not be treated as the court, sheriff, or prosecutor record.