(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, this  (Thursday) evening reported Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies had arrested the current Fremont County Fair Board President, 42-year-old Troy Allen Adkisson, of Tabor, on three felony and two additional, charges.

Deputies allege beginning in the fall of 2024, Adkisson, acting as the Fremont County Fair Board President, provided false documentation of purchases to the Fremont County Fair Board, resulting in the payments of over $15,000 to Adkisson. Deputies also allege Adkisson fraudulently used a debit card issued to him by the board at least once in the fall of 2024.

In June of 2025, Adkisson then made a false report to law enforcement, claiming the items he purchased on behalf of the fair board were stolen in an effort to conceal the theft.

Troy Allen Adkisson

Adkisson is charged with:

• Ongoing Criminal Conduct, Class B Felony
• Theft 1st Degree, Class C Felony
• Fraudulent Practices 1st Degree, Class C Felony
• Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card under $1,500, Aggravated Misdemeanor
• False Report to a Public Entity, Serious Misdemeanor

Adkisson was being held at the Fremont County Jail on a $48,000 cash/surety bond.

It should be noted that a criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.