Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was charged on Thursday with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally, less than a week after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, investigators found Roberts in possession of four firearms — one in his car and three at his Des Moines home.

Last Friday, Roberts was detained by ICE, which cited a removal order signed by an immigration judge in 2024. Roberts also has an existing weapons charge from February 2020, the complaint added.

The criminal complaint says that Roberts initially sped away from ICE officers in his Jeep Cherokee, before........

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