DES MOINES, Iowa —

KCCI has obtained the cover letter and resume Ian Roberts submitted in the application process for Des Moines superintendent.

Roberts was arrested and detained by ICE last week, and he resigned from DMPS on Tuesday . He is now facing federal gun charges .

Dated February 2023, the resume includes an entry that Roberts earned a doctorate degree from Morgan State University in 2007, a claim found to be false during a background check by search firm JG Consulting .

Although Roberts was enrolled in that doctorate program from 2002 to 2007, the school’s public relations office confirmed that he didn’t receive that degree.

The district said the full school board only saw a resume that was revised to indicate he had not completed his dissertation, which is necessary

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