A 47-year-old Noblesville man is being held at the Hamilton County Jail with a listed total bond amount of $250,000 after his roommate reportedly discovered explicit images of underage girls stashed on a USB drive inside their shared trailer. Andrew Wright Saywell was booked on the night of September 8 on a charge of possession of child pornography, according to jail records.
According to booking information from the Hamilton County Government, the Noblesville Police Department is listed as Saywell's booking origin, and he is being held at the Hamilton County Jail with a listed total bond amount of $250,000. His listed address is in Noblesville, Indiana 46062. As Current Publishing reports, the case began when Saywell's roommate told a Noblesville police officer that Saywell had child sexual abuse material stored on devices inside their trailer.
Roommate Says He Yelled After Opening the Drive
Court documents cited by Current Publishing describe how the roommate found a baggie containing cords, a digital camera, and two USB drives in the trailer. He told officers he did not recognize anyone in the images he initially viewed, but said he yelled after opening a separate USB drive and finding several explicit images of underage girls. Those images reportedly included photos of basketball players along with pictures of both young girls and older girls, and another man living in the trailer also saw the images, per the same account.
Notably, the roommate who reported the discovery had himself been arrested just three days earlier, on September 5, on preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement and criminal vandalism. Police went on to locate the bag of cords and USB drives, obtained a search warrant for electronic storage devices capable of holding child sexual abuse material, and later completed a forensic download of the devices. That download reportedly turned up numerous photographs of young adults and prepubescent children, both clothed and unclothed, according to court documents referenced by the outlet.
Prior Arrest in Neighboring Johnson County
Jail and court records show this is not Saywell's first brush with law enforcement in the region. Police incident logs published by the Daily Journal show that Saywell, then 45 and living in Noblesville, was previously arrested on a Johnson County warrant in June 2025 and held without bond at that time as well. No trial dates have yet been scheduled in the current Hamilton County case.
What Saywell Could Face Under Indiana Law
Under Indiana Code § 35-50-2-6, a Level 5 felony conviction carries a state prison sentence ranging from one to six years, with an advisory sentence of three years, according to Justia Law. Convicted defendants can also face court fines of up to $10,000. Indiana replaced its old letter-graded felony system with numbered levels back in 2014, and Level 5 sits toward the middle of that scale.
The stakes for offenders in Indiana have grown steeper in recent months. Governor Mike Braun signed legislation in April raising statutory penalties for possessing child sexual abuse material up to a Level 4 felony under specified aggravating conditions, a change Hoodline detailed in its earlier coverage of a similar case; Level 4 felonies carry two to twelve years in state prison. It is unclear whether that expanded framework applies to the specific charge Saywell currently faces.
Regional Task Force Handles Digital Evidence
Cases like Saywell's typically move through the Hamilton County Metro ICAC Task Force, which is headquartered at the Fishers Police Department and includes detectives from Noblesville, Carmel, Westfield, Greenfield, and Fishers. Hoodline has previously reported on the task force's structure in its coverage of a McCordsville man sentenced to 30 years after a second child exploitation arrest.
Noblesville police have been active on this front recently. The department ran an undercover online predator sting in July that led to the arrest of four men on preliminary charges of attempted sexual misconduct or promotion of child sex trafficking, with all four booked into the Hamilton County Jail. Online threat vectors continue to expand.
Much of that volume traces back to federal reporting requirements. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A, electronic communication and cloud service providers must report suspected child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. CyberTips illustrate the scale of digital evidence now flowing to local task forces like the one covering Hamilton County.
Federal sentencing is another benchmark for how these cases can end. It remains unknown whether forensic analysis of Saywell's seized drives will produce additional state or federal counts.
