Ex-Iowa schools chief gets 2-year sentence on immigration, gun charges
The judge credited Roberts for time served and recommended deportation after prison, while prosecutors said he misrepresented his legal status for years.
- 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 Des Moines superintendent sentenced to two years in prison
A federal judge sentenced the former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent in Iowa, who was convicted on immigration and gun charges, to two years in prison on Friday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger handed down the sentence months after Ian Roberts pleaded guilty to federal charges for possessing a firearm as an illegal immigrant and making a false statement for employment. The Obama-appointed judge considered Roberts’s poor upb…
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