A Colorado Springs real estate agent continued working in the real estate industry while serving parole following felony prison time, a KRDO13 investigation found, raising questions about how state regulators handled his license across several years of criminal legal proceedings.
The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed the agent entered state custody on April 13, 2023, serving sentences connected to two El Paso County cases — second-degree burglary of a dwelling, a class four felony, and harassment causing emotional distress, a class five felony. He was accepted into the Community Corrections program on October 4, 2023, and was released to parole in El Paso County on August 21, 2024.
During that period, his real estate license remained active. State licensing records show he has held a Colorado associate broker license since 2017. He continued working in real estate after his release, and his Zillow profile, which identifies him as a real estate professional, shows a home sale as recent as this month.
State licensing records reviewed by KRDO13 show this was not the first time regulators had flagged concerns. In a 2022 diversion agreement, he admitted a license violation connected to a criminal conviction or guilty plea — records link that case to a criminal damage matter — and agreed to pay a $575 fine. His license was placed on probation tied to the terms of his criminal sentence, with the understanding that full compliance would result in the case being dismissed without constituting a formal sanction. A second license case followed in 2023, in which he again admitted violations related to a conviction or guilty plea. The Commission imposed another $575 fine and placed the license on probation for at least five years of active licensure. Despite the criminal sentence and the license probation, he remained authorized to conduct real estate transactions after leaving prison and while on parole.
A third license case emerged earlier this year, this time related to continuing education requirements. In a diversion agreement executed in May, the Real Estate Commission found he had not completed the required 24 hours of continuing education — including 12 hours of annual commission update courses and 12 hours of elective education — and he agreed to pay an additional $575 and complete 24 supplemental course hours.
The agent's most recent arrest came on July 14. According to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, he was arrested that day after allegedly throwing a television at a person, striking them in the face and leg, before fleeing the scene. Authorities reported he crashed, crossed a field, drove through Highway 24, and attempted to evade a police blockade before becoming stuck in a ditch. He was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault, vehicular evasion, criminal mischief, child abuse, second-degree criminal tampering, and violation of a protection order. He has not been convicted in the July case.
KRDO13 also found that a separate domestic violence case was already pending at the time of the July arrest. Court records show he faces four counts of domestic violence as a habitual offender, two counts of third-degree assault, and two counts of harassment, stemming from alleged incidents on December 10 and 11, 2025. He pleaded not guilty to all eight counts on May 18, with a jury trial scheduled for September 22.
His license remained active immediately following the July 14 arrest. On July 22 — eight days after the arrest and two days after KRDO13's initial report — his license was changed to inactive status at the request of his agency, Real Broker LLC, not through an independent suspension by state regulators. KRDO13 asked state regulators how the license remained active through his convictions, prison term, parole status, and prior license cases; the Division did not directly answer. It also did not say whether the license is now under investigation, noting that complaints and investigative files held by the Real Estate Commission are confidential under Colorado law.
Whether state regulators will take further formal action against the license, and the outcome of both pending criminal cases, remain to be determined.