WASHINGTON - A former St. Louis school worker who most recently served as the superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa's largest school district was arrested by federal immigration agents last week and now faces a federal gun charge.
Officials with United States Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) report that Ian Andre Roberts was arrested on Sept. 26. Roberts has since resigned from his role as Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent, according to the Associated Press.
Roberts previously worked with St. Louis Public Schools as a network superintendent from 2015 to 2018, also according to AP.
He faces a federal charge of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
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