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BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS. FORMER DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR IAN ROBERTS, IS NOW BEING HELD IN THE POLK COUNTY JAIL. TODAY, HE WAS FEDERALLY CHARGED WITH BEING AN ILLEGAL ALIEN IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH IN DES MOINES, WHERE HIS ATTORNEYS WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON ROBERTS CASE AND ANSWER THE COMMUNITY’S QUESTIONS. ANY MINUTE NOW. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN ON THAT ONCE IT BEGINS. WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT ABOUT MORE DETAILS AS THEY EMERGE REGARDING ROBERTS, STARTING WITH ����vlog KAYLA JAMES KAYLA ROBERTS APPEARED BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE IN OMAHA THIS MORNING. AFTER THAT, COURT DOCUMENTS SHARING MORE DETAILS WERE RELEASED. THAT’S CORRECT. BEN. A NUMBER OF COURT DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. IT TOUCHES ON HIS LEGAL STATUS IN THE U.S., THE ATF INVESTIGATION, AND GIVES A TIMELINE OF WHAT OCCURRED LAST FRIDAY WHEN ROBERTS WAS DETAINED. ����vlog WAS THERE LAST FRIDAY MORNING WHEN ICE AGENTS WERE SEARCHING THROUGH A TRAILER PARK IN THE EWING TRACE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT COURT RECORDS RELEASED THURSDAY SHOW ICE AGENTS SURVEILLANCE OF DOCTOR IAN ROBERTS BEGAN EARLIER THAN THAT, A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SHOWING THAT SAME MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 26TH, AGENTS SAW ROBERTS LEAVE HIS HOME AND FOLLOWED HIM WHEN HE WAS IN A JEEP CHEROKEE. IT THEN SAYS THE VEHICLE STOPPED INSIDE THE TRAILER PARK, AND WHEN AGENTS APPROACHED IT, IT DROVE AWAY. AGENTS FOUND ABANDONED NEAR THE 1800 BLOCK OF SWAN LAKE CIRCLE. IT’S IN THAT AREA THAT ����vlog CREWS SAW. ICE AGENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHING. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TRAUMATIZING. NEIGHBORS DESCRIBING TO US THAT DAY WHAT THEY WITNESSED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES. I WENT OUT TO MY DECK AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I’M SEEING JUST CARS FILLED UP THE WHOLE STREET. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SHOWS ROBERTS WAS FOUND IN THE BRUSH A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS ABANDONED. AND THEY SAY AFTER THAT, HE WAS TAKEN INTO ICE CUSTODY. I GOT A FACETIME CALL FROM HIM. AN ACTION DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SAYS HE WITNESSED THROUGH A VIDEO CALL. DOCTOR ROBERTS WAS ADDRESSED AS HE ALWAYS IS, YOU KNOW, WAS READY FOR THE WORKDAY CLEARLY, BUT WAS SURROUNDED BY 3 OR 4 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND HE APPEARED TO BE CUFFED AT THE TIME HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS WITH HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HIS BACK. THROUGH COURT DOCUMENTS, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND THIS FIREARM WRAPPED IN A TOWEL UNDER THE DRIVER’S SEAT AFTER SUPERVISORY PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIALIST WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARRIVED, ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. INVESTIGATORS TRACED THE FIREARM AND LEARNED SOMEONE BELIEVED TO BE ROBERTS SPOUSE PURCHASED IT IN 2019. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT ALSO REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE ATF INVESTIGATION. THE NIGHT HE WAS DETAINED, THE ����vlog CREW SAW THE MOMENT ATF OFFICERS WENT IN AND OUT OF HIS HOME THROUGH COURT RECORDS, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND MULTIPLE FIREARM MAGAZINES AND AMMUNITION, AND THESE THREE FIREARMS IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE HOME, ONE UNDERNEATH A SEAT CUSHION AND THE OTHER TWO IN SEPARATE CASES, COURT RECORDS SHOW. TWO FIREARM DECLARATION TAGS SHOW THE FIREARMS BELONG TO AN IAN ROBERTS ONE LIST AN ADDRESS IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH A 2022 TRAVEL DATE AND THE OTHER IN DES MOINES WITH A 2024 TRAVEL DATE ALSO FOUND IN THE HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY THROUGH COURT RECORDS WERE IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS UNDER THE FLOOR MAT OF A VEHICLE FOUND IN HIS GARAGE, SUCH AS THE ORDER TO BE REMOVED. COPIES OF ROBERTS PASSPORT FROM GUYANA THAT EXPIRED IN 2024, AND AN EXPIRED EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION CARD WERE ALSO FOUND. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT ALSO SHOWS DOCTOR ROBERTS HAD NOT HAD LAWFUL EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION SINCE DECEMBER OF 2020. IT ALSO SHOWS ROBERTS FILED FOR AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR ADJUST STATUS FOUR TIMES. ONCE IN 2001 AND THREE TIMES IN 2018, COURT RECORDS SHOW. U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES REJECTED THOSE APPLICATIONS. WE DID REACH OUT TO HIS ATTORNEYS WHEN WE GOT THESE DOCUMENTS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COMMENT. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD BE MAKING