Boone County Arrest Records and Charges
Arrest records in Boone County describe the law-enforcement event: the person taken into custody, the arresting agency, booking activity, and the jail or release path. The Boone County Sheriff's Office operates the jail and links the public to JailTracker for current custody, while court charge records are confirmed through Indiana court case data. A booking label can be brief. A filed charge is more formal because it is tied to a cause number, a court, an offense statute, an offense level, and docket events.
After an arrest, the Boone County Prosecutor reviews reports and decides which criminal or traffic charges to file. The county prosecutor's office handles felony, misdemeanor, traffic-infraction, juvenile, and child-support matters, and the court record begins when the charging document reaches Boone Circuit Court, Boone Superior Court I, Boone Superior Court II, or a city or town court. For the custody side, use Boone County inmate records. For the full criminal case file, plea, disposition, and sentence, use Boone County criminal court records.
The Boone County Community Corrections referral source shows how local screening and court-related supervision can follow criminal charges. 
That local process matters because a Boone County charge record may later show referral, probation, community corrections, bond, or sentencing events tied to the same case.
Find Boone County Charges After Arrest
The main online path for court charges after arrest is Indiana MyCase. MyCase is the public case search for Indiana Odyssey courts and can show Boone case header data, parties, docket events, bonds, and charge fields when the case is public. Search by case number when a release paper, summons, citation, or court notice lists one. If no case number is known, search by party name and narrow to Boone courts when possible.
- Open MyCase and choose a case search when a cause number, citation number, or cross-reference number is known.
- Use party search when only the defendant name is known. Add first name, middle name, or date of birth as a search aid.
- Limit the court to Boone Circuit Court, Boone Superior Court I, Boone Superior Court II, or the city or town court shown on the citation.
- Open the case summary and review the charge list, offense statute, offense degree, bond, and docket events.
- Contact the Boone County Clerk for certified copies or documents that are public but not downloadable online.
Indiana's MyCase help notes that public access is free and that some public documents may be online while others are not. Party and attorney accounts can see more in eligible cases than an anonymous public search. Date of birth may help a search, but it is not shown in public details. Protection-order information, juvenile matters, mental health, adoption, sealed records, and granted expungements have special limits.
Boone County Charging Documents
The charge record starts with a charging document. Indiana case records commonly use an information filed by the prosecutor, though complaints and indictments also exist. The document identifies the offense, statute, date or range, charge level, and named defendant. One arrest can produce one charge, several charges, amended charges, or no filed case if the prosecutor declines filing.
| Document | Who Starts It | What It Does | Boone County Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaint | Officer or prosecutor | States the accusation and facts used to begin a case or support probable cause. | May appear with lower-level or early filings before a formal information. |
| Information | Boone County Prosecutor | Files the formal criminal charge without a grand jury indictment. | Common route for Indiana felony and misdemeanor charges. |
| Indictment | Grand jury | Returns a charge after grand jury review. | Possible but less common than prosecutor-filed informations. |
The Indiana State Public Defender source is relevant after conviction and in post-conviction matters, not as the local filing office for Boone charges. 
Trial-level appointed counsel is handled through the court for eligible defendants, while post-conviction state defender work is a separate Indiana process.
Boone County Charge Record Fields
MyCase charge data is useful because it separates the filed charge from the whole case. The case may also show bonds, hearings, financials, and documents, but the charge fields identify what the prosecutor filed and whether the offense level changed. Boone County cause numbers often begin with Indiana county code 06, and the court code helps identify which Boone court is handling the case.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Citation number | Traffic or law-enforcement citation number when the charge began from a ticket or citation. |
| Offense date | Date or date range tied to the alleged act. |
| Offense statute | Indiana Code section or ordinance tied to the accusation. |
| Offense degree | Felony, misdemeanor, infraction, or other case-specific level shown in the record. |
| Original offense degree | Earlier filed level when a charge is later amended or reduced. |
| Offense modification | Change to the charge, such as reduced, amended, dismissed, or otherwise modified. |
| Description | Plain charge label, such as the offense name used in the public case model. |
Note: A charge field is not the same as a final judgment. Check the disposition and sentencing events before treating it as an outcome.
Boone County Charge Status Terms
Charge status can change as the case moves. A charge may be filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, or resolved by plea or trial. Boone records may also show bond, hearings, probation terms, fines, costs, or community-corrections activity. The status should be read with the docket date because a case may have several charges with different outcomes.
| Status | Meaning in a Charge Record | Search Tip |
|---|---|---|
| Pending | The accusation is still open or not yet resolved by final disposition. | Review hearings, bond, and next event entries. |
| Amended | The prosecutor or court record changed the charge label, statute, count, or level. | Compare original offense degree to current offense degree. |
| Reduced | The charge level or offense was lowered, often through plea or amendment. | Check the plea and sentencing entries. |
| Dismissed | The charge was not pursued to conviction in that case or count. | Look for whether dismissal was with or without prejudice. |
| Nolle prosequi | A prosecutor declined to continue a charge. Indiana records may use other dismissal language. | Read the docket text, not just the charge list. |
| Convicted | A guilty plea, finding, or verdict created a conviction on that count. | Confirm sentence, fines, probation, and appeal activity. |
Charges Versus Convictions
A Boone County arrest can lead to court charges, but a charge is an accusation. A conviction is a final guilt result by plea, finding, or verdict. MyCase may show charges that were filed, reduced, dismissed, or resolved in different ways. Employers, licensing bodies, landlords, and other decision-makers should not treat a filed charge as a conviction without verifying the disposition and any later expungement or sealing order.
| Point | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Record stage | Accusation filed after arrest or citation. | Final guilt result by plea, verdict, or finding. |
| Proof level | Based on probable cause and prosecutor filing decision. | Requires proof, plea, or admitted violation under criminal rules. |
| Where to verify | Charge list, information, complaint, docket, and bond entries. | Disposition, judgment, sentencing, probation, and final order entries. |
| Public access | Often public if the case is not confidential, sealed, or expunged. | Often public, but expungement may restrict later access. |
Restricted Boone Charge Records
Indiana's Rules on Access to Court Records make court records generally accessible unless excluded by rule, statute, or order. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act also supports public inspection of public records, but court records have their own access rules. In Boone County charge matters, juvenile cases, adoption-related records, mental health records, protected-person details, sealed filings, and expunged cases require caution.
Indiana expungement law under Title 35 can affect arrest, charge, and conviction visibility. Arrest-only or dismissed matters may have a different path than conviction expungements. A granted expungement may remove a case from public MyCase access or limit what can be released, while pending or denied expungement petitions may still appear. Do not assume a missing public record means no arrest or no case ever existed.
| Record Type | Public Effect | Boone County Path |
|---|---|---|
| Sealed | Hidden from public access by rule or court order. | Ask the issuing court or clerk about authorized access. |
| Expunged | Restricted under Indiana statute after a court grants relief. | Check public MyCase first, then consult the clerk or attorney. |
| Juvenile | Generally confidential under Indiana juvenile-record rules. | Boone Circuit Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. |
| Protection order data | Protected-person details are not found in ordinary MyCase search. | Use Indiana's separate protection-order access route where public. |
The Indiana Public Defender Commission links source provides statewide defense standards context for indigent representation. 
Boone trial-court appointment of counsel remains a court function, so defendants should use the Boone case record and court notices for local deadlines.
Boone County Charge Offices
The Boone County Clerk maintains pleadings, motions, papers, evidence, rulings, judgments, orders, fines, and court costs for the circuit and superior courts. The Boone County Prosecutor files criminal and traffic charges. The sheriff and jail handle custody and booking. Those roles should not be mixed: a jail booking confirms custody, a prosecutor filing confirms a charge, and a court disposition confirms the result.
Boone County Clerk
212 Courthouse Square
Lebanon, IN 46052
765-482-3510
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boone County Prosecutor
Boone County, Indiana
Criminal, traffic-infraction, juvenile, and child-support matters