{"id":854,"date":"2025-09-26T23:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=854"},"modified":"2025-09-26T23:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T23:43:17","slug":"iowa-school-superintendent-was-an-illegal-alien-criminal-earning-265000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/iowa-school-superintendent-was-an-illegal-alien-criminal-earning-265000\/","title":{"rendered":"IOWA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINAL EARNING $265,000!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHOCK: ICE Arrests Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools \u2013 An Illegal Alien Fugitive From Guyana with Prior Weapons Arrest<\/h1>\n
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ICE agents on Friday arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools \u2013 an illegal alien from Guyana with a prior weapons arrest.<\/p>\n

According to Fox News, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts was an active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. As soon as ICE agents identified themselves, Roberts fled in his car and sped off. He then abandoned his car and fled on foot. Federal agents found him hiding in shrubbery and took him into custody.<\/p>\n

Agents found a loaded handgun and a fixed-blade hunting knife in Roberts\u2019 vehicle.<\/p>\n

A senior ICE official tells @FoxNews that today, ICE arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts, who ICE says is an illegal alien from Guyana and active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. Fox is told Dr. Roberts fled from ICE agents in his car once they ID\u2019d themselves as immigration agents, speeding away, then abandoning the car. He was found in a brushy area 200 yards away with the help of an Iowa State Police K9. Per ICE official, agents found a loaded gun, a \u201cfixed blade hunting knife\u201d, and $3,000 cash in Dr. Robert\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n

Per senior ICE official, Roberts first entered the U.S. in 1999 on a F-1 student visa at St. John\u2019s University was ordered removed from the United States on May 22, 2024, with proceedings being held in absentia. On April 24, 2025, an Immigration Judge in Dallas, TX denied a Motion to Reopen his immigration case.<\/p>\n

Fox is told Dr. Roberts also has a weapons arrest in 2020, though the disposition of that charge\/case is currently unclear.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Public Schools superintendent arrested by ICE, was earning an annual salary of $265,000<\/strong>. He began his tenure on July 1, 2023, and was placed on administrative leave following his arrest in September 2025.<\/p>\n

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Fox News is reporting that ICE agents recovered a loaded Glock 19 in Roberts\u2019 vehicle.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Full statement from ICE:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

ICE arrests criminal alien serving as Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent; prior weapons charges and in possession of loaded handgun at time of arrest<\/p>\n

\u201cICE Des Moines today arrested Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien from Guyana in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife. At the time of his arrest Roberts was working as the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools despite being an illegal alien with a final order of removal and no work authorization.<\/p>\n

During a targeted enforcement operation on Sept. 26, 2025, officers approached Roberts in his vehicle after identifying himself, but he sped away. Officers later discovered his vehicle abandoned near a wooded area. State Patrol assisted in locating the subject and he was taken into ICE custody.<\/p>\n

Roberts has existing weapon possession charges from February 5, 2020. Roberts entered the United States in 1999 on a student visa and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May of 2024.<\/p>\n

The investigation into how Roberts acquired the handgun is being turned over to the ATF. It is a violation of federal law for those in the U.S. without legal status to possess a firearm and ammunition.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,\u201d said ICE ERO St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson. \u201cThis should be a wake-up call for our communities to the great work that our officers are doing every day to remove public safety threats. How this illegal alien was hired without work authorization, a final order of removal, and a prior weapons charge is beyond comprehension and should alarm the parents of that school district.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICE is grateful for the assistance of the Iowa State Patrol in apprehending this subject.\u201d\"ILLEGAL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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