Former Des Moines superintendent pleads guilty to falsely claiming U….

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, admitting to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and illegally possessing firearms.

Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America, had initially pleaded not guilty to both counts, which together carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a trial was…