Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts has been charged with possessing a firearm while in the United States illegally, according to a criminal complaint.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, said investigators found a firearm in Roberts’s car and three at his Des Moines home. The charges come after he was transferred to the Department of Justice’s custody.

The complaint also details that Roberts fled from officers in his Jeep before abandoning his vehicle.

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