Photo: U.S. Attorney For Southern Iowa
(Des Moines, IA) -- The former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent is being held on four federal firearms charges.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Iowa says 54-year old Ian Roberts, a citizen of Guyana was illegally or unlawfully in the United States and in possession of guns.
Investigators say he had a loaded gun under a chair cushion in the living room, a loaded rifle in the closet, and a shotgun behind the master bed headboard, plus a loaded handgun in his car.
The criminal complaint says Roberts' Texas immigration attorney quit his case for non-payment.
Roberts remains in federal custody.