On November 5, 2025, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds arrested Kolton Krottinger for posting a political meme, sparking public outcry about freedom of speech. Those charges were later dropped, but following the arrest, Krottinger’s non-profit, which controls land near a controversial data center, was the target of a takeover.
According to the nonprofit’s bookkeeper, Andrea Jackson, Virg Thomas, a board fellow member, attempted to oust the founder following his arrest.
Anxiety Solutions of America (ASA), which provides mental health services to veterans, is located on a 22-acre retreat in Granbury, Texas. It was founded by Kolton Krottinger, who owns the land it sits on. He came to Jackson shortly after she opened her own bookkeeping business in 2022 to get ASA’s finances back on track.
Jackson, licensed by the IRS as an Electronic Return Organizer, brought her more than 20 years of experience as a bookkeeper and more than 13 years of tax work experience to the task. She said Krottinger sometimes mixed personal funds into the nonprofit account, a common mistake that has since been corrected with better education about keeping personal and nonprofit accounts separate. Krottinger then invited her to be on the ASA board once he set one up.
She spoke with Texas Scorecard and shared a written statement alleging a series of behind-the-scenes events that led up to Krottinger’s arrest and, afterward, centered on fellow board member Virg Thomas.
Thomas would not participate in an interview.
The Emergency Board Meeting—November 7, 2025
Jackson’s statement included a text message from board member Virg Thomas asking if they could talk before an emergency board meeting where he ultimately moved that the board suspend Krottinger.
Krottinger told Texas Scorecard he had invited Thomas to join the board in the early days of ASA. “He owns the property all around me, and he was a neighbor … and he seems very financially inclined, and he had great ideas,” he said. “I was just getting off the ground and didn’t know a whole lot of people.”
Krottinger also heard that Thomas was a former deputy sheriff in Johnson County. That county’s personnel department confirmed to Texas Scorecard that the sheriff’s office had employed a “Virg Thomas” from October 1999 to November 2000. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds stated that Thomas worked as a patrol deputy in Hood County until 2004. Deeds became sheriff in January 2009.
During her visit with Thomas, Jackson wrote that he “outlined a strategy” in which, if the board suspended Krottinger, “we could take over the organization,” and ASA could be framed as a victim.
“He gave me an ultimatum,” Jackson wrote. “Either I report to the [Sheriff’s Office] the following morning to file charges against Mr. Krottinger—claiming he forced me to falsify documents—or I would be targeted myself.”
This board meeting was set in motion one day after Krottinger’s arrest.
Five of the nine board members attended the meeting.
Jackson, who became sick and left the meeting briefly, said she couldn’t bring herself to do what Thomas wanted. He was “very adamant” about being the one to address other board members and strongly pushed to suspend Kolton. Jackson insisted that any suspension must be a board vote, not a single member’s decision.
Hood County Commissioner Kevin Andrews, also a board member, was present and told Texas Scorecard what he witnessed.
“He mostly couched it as just the political turmoil surrounding things,” Andrews said. “[Thomas] said, ‘hey, if Kolton just steps down temporarily until all this stuff blows by, then, we could bring him back on later.” Andrews was “vehemently against that.”
“This is [Krottinger’s] idea for how he wanted to serve veterans and first responders,” Andrews said. “I believe that he was wrongly arrested on that [meme], and I wanted to stand behind him. It was not okay to oust him over this bogus charge.”
The board rejected Thomas’ motion to suspend Krottinger.
Jackson said Thomas left the meeting immediately after the vote. That was when Jackson broke down and told Commissioner Andrews her experience. According to her, Andrews said she would not have to do anything Thomas told her to do and that “they” would protect her.
When asked about a board member being pressured to turn on Krottinger, Andrews said, “I’ve heard some discussion, but that’s all I’ve just heard. I’ve heard talk about it. I’ve never seen anything with my own eyes or know anything firsthand.”
Hood County Constable Scott London, also an ASA board member, wasn’t present at the November 7 meeting due to a scheduling conflict, but he did say Jackson met with him afterward.
“She was feeling pretty nervous and scared at the time,” he said. “She told me that Virg [Thomas] was trying to get bank records and financials on ASA, because it appeared that she believed that they didn’t have enough to go after Kolton with what they had, and they were trying to basically use her as a pawn.”
London advised her to document everything. He said, “I told her if you’re having these conversations, find some place to record it.”
Five days after the failure of his motion to remove Kolton, Thomas resigned from the board. Jackson shared his letter of resignation.
Before The Meeting
Jackson said Thomas asked her in a text message who the board president was. Screenshots of their text message conversation are included in her written statement. Jackson replied that she was, to which Thomas asked if ASA has insurance. Jackson replied they don’t have directors and officers liability insurance.
According to Jackson, they met in person later at Mi Familia restaurant. Thomas said his connections at the sheriff’s office informed him they hadn’t found a victim in their investigation of Krottinger’s financial dealings.
Later, Thomas and Jackson went to Krottinger’s ranch, where Jackson said Thomas confronted Krottinger over a $10,000 check from ASA to Krottinger. Jackson said the check was for work Krottinger had done for the organization.
At some point while Krottinger wasn’t present, Jackson recalled that Thomas pressured her to suspend Krottinger from the board. She said that Josh Morrison, of Pecan Valley Centers for Behavioral & Developmental Healthcare, was also present and told Thomas that he was going too far.
Morrison told Texas Scorecard “I don’t think I was there for that.”
“Kolton approached us a couple years ago anyway about serving veterans, and so we vetted him, we put him through the training required,” he added. “I’ve been asked to advise the board on a couple of occasions … I’ve seen him in the news and stuff, but I’ve never been part of any of that, nor has my organization, so I don’t know how I got looped into this.”
Jackson also recalled that as she and Thomas were driving together to the ranch, he said the board should perform a hostile takeover, remove everything from Krottinger, and let the county become the proud owner of ASA, with Thomas effectively running it.
Jackson disagreed, saying that this is not how nonprofit governance works. She believed removal would require Krottinger being found guilty and a legitimate conflict with ASA, which she didn’t see. Krottinger’s arrest, she said, was for a personal issue and not related to ASA.
She said Thomas proposed his idea after a phone call he had with a business partner, and she overheard him discussing available property around the ASA ranch.
Krottinger’s land is in a peculiar position. He told Texas Scorecard that his property is 2.5 miles away from Project Patriot, a data center and power project development located at 2801 West Highway 377, west of Granbury, that covers more than 2,000 acres. Its developer is Bilateral Energy. He shared a map image showing the distance.
Local citizens have voiced opposition to the development, expressing concern about its effects on the environment. On February 24, the Hood County Commissioners will vote on a moratorium on such developments. A February 10 vote on the moratorium failed to pass 3-2.
Jackson wrote that after the meeting with Krottinger, Thomas told her in what she described as a “threatening” tone that the sheriff’s office had enough evidence to turn her over to the IRS. Unless she cooperated, they would prosecute her and the entire board.
In response to a request for comment, Sheriff Roger Deeds stated that “the case is under investigation and not from Mr. Thomas giving information.”
Jackson wrote that Thomas texted her that evening, included in her statement. He wrote, “Just wanted to put your mind at ease. No more complaint about wrongdoing on the part of board members. Not official just through back channels.”
What Thomas said investigators wanted was for her to get bank statements for a bank account they had discovered was in ASA’s name that Kolton was allegedly running money through.
Jackson said it is “impossible” for there to be an unauthorized ASA account without board approval, and that she is a signer for all such accounts. Still, she did as instructed.
“I discovered the account in question had been closed the previous year, but I secured the statements for the current account,” she wrote. Jackson presented these records to the board at the November 7 meeting. According to her statement, “everything was justifiable.”
Local law enforcement had previously sought financial records connected with Krottinger.
July – October 2025
Jackson said Hood County District Attorney Ryan Sinclair sent her a subpoena in July 2025 for all of Krottinger’s personal financial records and those of the nonprofit. A sheriff’s office deputy picked them up, and Jackson signed a business affidavit stating she provided everything she had.
Roughly two weeks later, Jackson said they summoned her. She sat in an interrogation room with three investigators, where for roughly an hour they grilled her about matters unrelated to ASA—a house Krottinger sold in The Colony before she knew him, his private life, and property details.
They also challenged her understanding of IRS rules and how she prepared ASA’s Form 990s. She pushed back, citing that she’d dealt with the IRS for more than 13 years.
She didn’t understand why she was treated like a suspect. As September 2025 approached, she heard nothing else from investigators. Though they never collected other records they asked of her, she heard their investigation was still open.
With allegations of Krottinger’s finances swirling, Jackson said the ASA board sought third-party validation of its finances and turned to United Way Hood County and Pecan Valley Services.
Krottinger provided a copy of an October 2025 United Way statement on a compliance review of ASA, which recognized “Anxiety Solutions of America as being in good standing with respect to nonprofit governance, compliance, and best practices.” It also noted that Krottinger “does not have direct organizational access to banking funds.”
United Way Hood County and Pecan Valley Services didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Jackson said she had not heard from the Sheriff’s Office since the November 7 board meeting. She believes she was used to avoid lawful warrant procedures.
Following his arrest, Krottinger sued Sheriff Deeds and other county officials for violating his constitutional rights.
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