DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) -- Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges filed against him.

In September, Roberts, who's accused of being in the country illegally, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after allegedly fleeing from officers and having a loaded handgun, a fixed-blade knife, and $3,000 in cash in his possession at the time of his arrest. ICE also said that several more firearms were found in his home during the execution of a search warrant.

Roberts was indicted with "being an illegal alien in possession of firearms" in federal court shortly after his arrest.

Court records say that Roberts, a citizen of Guyana, was in the US in March 1999 on a student visa that then expired in 2004. For several yea

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