Ex-Iowa schools chief gets 2-year sentence on immigration, gun charges
The judge said Roberts knowingly lied about his citizenship to secure a trusted post, and prosecutors had sought 37 months in prison.
- Former Des Moines school superintendent Ian Roberts was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms. He is expected to be deported to Guyana after serving his sentence.
- A federal judge sentenced former Iowa school district leader Ian Roberts to two years in prison, rejecting a request for probation. Prosecutors said he worked for years without legal employment authorization and used false documents.
- Ian Roberts, who previously led Iowa’s largest school district, received a two-year federal prison sentence in a case involving false identity documents and firearm violations. The case also raised questions about his immigration status and employment history.
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Illegal immigrant school superintendent who lied about citizenship gets 2-year prison term
Ian Roberts, an illegal immigrant who fooled school systems across the country into hiring him, was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for lying about his citizenship and possessing guns.
Former head of Iowa school district sentenced to 2 years for falsely claiming to be a US citizen
The former superintendent of the Des Moines public school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.
Popular former Iowa superintendent sentenced for illegally being in the US
An Iowan judge sentenced the former superintendent of the state’s largest school district to two years in federal jail for lying about his immigration status, since he was illegally in the country. Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana, was a successful and well-liked superintendent, The New York Times reported. Roberts worked as superintendent for more than two years. His arrest during a school field day event sparked protests and confusion. On Fri…
Former Iowa school district leader who falsely claimed US citizenship sentenced to 2 years in prison, likely faces deportation
The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.
Ex-Iowa schools chief gets 2-year sentence on immigration, gun charges
Ian Roberts, the former school superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty on federal charges of falsely claiming to be a citizen and illegally possessing a firearm. Roberts had led one of the state’s largest school districts, which serves more than 30,000 students, from 2023...
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