The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, recently arrested for allegedly being an illegal immigrant, has been charged with illegal possession of firearms.
Ian Andre Roberts, who has since been fired by Des Moines Public Schools, fled from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on the morning of Sept. 26, according to charging documents. He later abandoned his Jeep Cherokee.
Roberts was located in the brush nearby and taken into custody.
ICE officers searching the Jeep located a gun, wrapped in a towel, under the driver’s seat of the vehicle, a federal agent said in an affidavit supporting the charge against Roberts that was made public on Oct. 1….