DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Des Moines Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts is no longer in the Woodbury County Jail.

Woodbury County Sheriff Chad Sheehan confirmed Thursday morning that Roberts had been taken into custody by the U.S. Department of Justice on a federal warrant for his arrest. He did not specify what the warrant entailed.

The statement provided by Sheriff Sheehan directed that further inquiries be made to the DOJ. WHO 13 has reached out to the department to confirm the next steps in the case, but our messages have gone unanswered due to the government shutdown.

Roberts was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents nearly a week ago in Des Moines after allegedly fleeing from them. ICE said Roberts, who was born in Guyana, was in the country illegally after defyi

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