After a dramatic 2025 that saw him start and end the year in Indiana county jail, YouTuber and budding sovereign citizen Craig Hendry is on the road to repeating the same circumstances for 2026 as he is facing new charges in Indiana.
Prosecutors in Vermillion County, Indiana, filed two new charges against Hendry on January 31, 2026, for 35-45-2-1(a)(1)/F6: Intimidation: Threat to commit a forcible felony and 35-42-2-1(c)(1)/MB: Battery. These were apparently related to incidents that happened while Hendry had been incarcerated in the Vermillion County jail last year.
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The first incident happened on April 17, 2025. From our previous reporting, Hendry had an extensive phone conversation from jail with Jose “Chille” DeCastro that was aired in recorded format on DeCastro’s YouTube channel around that time. It is unclear if the two are related.
35-45-2-1(a)(1)/F6: Intimidation: Threat is listed as a class 6 felony and carries a sentence of six months to two and a half years in prison along with a fine of up to $10,000.00 if Hendry is convicted.
As it is charged as a level six felony, the threat was made against either a witness or judicial officer or it was sent via government or school property. This would correspond to Hendry’s incarceration and continued problems Hendry described in recordings from jail aired on his YouTube channel that he was having with guards.
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The second event is listed as 35-42-2-1(c)(1)/MB: Battery and happened on May 30, 2025, again, while Hendry was incarcerated in Vermillion County.
This charge is a class B misdemeanor and is described as charged as “rude, insolent, or angry touching; or placing bodily fluids/waste on another.” The charge itself would carry a sentence of up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.00 should Hendry be convicted.
The charge is notable as around this time, Hendry’s girlfriend, Erika Brown, had scheduled a video session with Hendry that she was going to restream live on his YouTube channel. Hendry missed the call without explanation, and when she called the Vermilion County jail to inquire about the missed session, she was told that the internet was down for the facility.
Hendry would later reveal that he was in lockdown at the time of the missed video call.
During his time in the Vermillion County jail, Hendry filed a civil rights lawsuit against his captors for failing to give him a disciplinary hearing before placing him in segregation for twelve days and removing other prison privileges.
Hendry was incarcerated in the jail after a conviction of felony stalking and misdemeanor harassment late in the year of 2024.
That lawsuit lingered for most of 2025 because Hendry did not update his address with the court system when he was released from jail and later when he was incarcerated in the Greene County Jail.
On November 24, 2025, the case was dismissed with Judge Matthew P. Brookman giving Hendry until December 15, 2025, to file a show cause motion. Shortly after that deadline had passed, the court received a change of address notice from Hendry indicating that he was again incarcerated.
On December 30, the court received a motion to extend time to file the show cause motion. That extension was granted on Jan 14, 2026, with Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore granting Hendry until January 30, 2026, to file his show cause motion.
Hendry replied on January 28, 2026, via United States mail, with a Motion to Contest Dismissal and Show Cause Brief. That document was received by the court on February 2, 2026.
On February 4, 2026, Judge Brookman dismissed Hendry’s claim that his liberty was violated by jail officials writing: “The Indiana administrative regulations at issue here are exactly the kind that allow discretion for administrative segregation but place restrains on disciplinary segregation. As a result, failure by jail officials to provide the administratively mandated disciplinary hearing prior to his short time in segregation does not create a protected liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment. For that reason, Mr. Hendry’s claims may not proceed and must be dismissed.”
Judge Brookman also denied Hendry’s request for a preliminary injunction to bar jail officials from imposing sanctions for disciplinary purposes upon inmates at the Vermillion County Jail without a finding of guilt by an “impartial decision maker.”
Hendry had also unsuccessfully appealed his convictions at the heart of his lawsuit last year; his attempt to have the State Supreme Court consider his appeal was denied on Wednesday.
Chief Justice of Indiana Loretta H. Rush wrote, “This matter has come before the Indiana Supreme Court on a petition to transfer jurisdiction, filed pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rules 56(B) and 57, following the issuance of a decision by the Court of Appeals. The Court has reviewed the decision of the Court of Appeals, and the submitted record on appeal, all briefs filed in the Court of Appeals, and all materials filed in connection with the request to transfer jurisdiction have been made available to the Court for review. Each participating member has had the opportunity to voice that Justice’s views on the case in conference with the other Justices, and each participating member of the Court has voted on the petition.
Being duly advised, the Court DENIES the petition to transfer.”
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Hendry v. Moran – 22 – Motion to Contest Dismissal and Show Cause State of Indiana v. Hendry – 4-17-25 and 5-30-25 Charges Hendry v. Indiana – Petition to Transfer – Appellant Hendry v. Indiana – Brief – Response to Transfer – A Hendry v. Indaina – Order – Transfer Denied Hendry v. Moran – 24 – Final Judgment Hendry v. Moran – 23 – Order Dismissing Complaint
He had a newborn son when he first went in prison. Now, that child is a toddler? Next time he will see him will be when he is a teenager? Is this really worth it? And for what? To prove that he really, really does not know the law and is just harming himself and his relations with his children?