Criminal illegal immigrant school superintendent is busted by ICE after dramatic chase: Ran top district on $300K salary, no work authorization, and prior weapons charge
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 12:45 pm
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DES MOINES, IOWA - A highly paid Iowa school superintendent with previous weapons charges has been busted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being in the United States illegally.
Ian Andre Roberts, former head of Des Moines Public Schools, was detained Friday on a 'fugitive warrant' after he attempted to flee from ICE agents.
Roberts, 54, was identified as 'an illegal alien from Guyana' who holds an active deportation order since May 2024 with an existing weapons possession charge, according to ICE.
Roberts, who raked in a staggering $305,000 salary, allegedly sped away and abandoned his car after federal agents approached him. Iowa State Patrol later found him hiding in a brush south of the abandoned car.
A loaded gun, a fixed blade hunting knife, and $3,000 cash were found inside the vehicle.
'This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,' said ICE Enforcement Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson.
'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.'
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