Overview

• ICE says a targeted operation led to a foot chase and his arrest, and officers reported finding a loaded handgun, about $3,000 in cash and a fixed-blade hunting knife.
• He is being held in a county jail listed by ICE in Council Bluffs as his detention site, though some reports cite Woodbury County.
• The school board named Matt Smith interim superintendent and set a closed-door meeting to address district leadership.
• Protests and statements from community groups followed, with advocates warning of heightened fear among immigrant families.
• Public records show Roberts pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in Pennsylvania in 2022, and media have not identified his legal counsel in the current case.