A developer of a Springdale neighborhood filed suit Friday against a real estate company it claims fraudulently sold a home to a woman who is married to a Level 3 sex offender.
The suit alleges Capital Realty Group knowingly sold a home to a woman whose husband was convicted of molesting young girls.
The man, Randall Dee Collins, 39, is listed on the Arkansas Crime Information Center Web site as a Level 3 offender living in the 3700 block of Grainger Circle in Springdale.
He and his wife, Carmen C. Collins, are also named as defendants, along with Shirley M. Colunga, a woman who also signed a loan for the home at 3746 Grainger Circle.
Claudia Rodriguez-Iarrain, an agent for Capital Realty Group, is also named.
According to the suit, Carmen Collins hired Rodriguez-Iarrain in 2004 to sell her home, saying she'd married a sex offender and couldn't remain living there because it was too close to a school.
After the home sold, Rodriguez-Iarrain showed new property to the couple, with the criteria their home be at least 2,000 feet from a school, the suit stated.
When the couple decided to purchase the home on Grainger Circle, they drafted the offer so Randall Collins' name would not appear -- thus no credit report or disclosure statement would be required, the suit stated.
The day after closing, the Springdale Police Department distributed fliers in the neighborhood warning a Level 3 sexual offender had moved there, and detailing the man's conviction. Sales in the subdivision "have come to a standstill" because the developer is obligated to tell potential purchasers about Collins, the suit stated. Other residents indicated they will move if Collins isn't removed.
Collins then called the developer and offered to move for $250,000, "or he would stay there and kill their subdivision," the suit alleged.
The suit alleges Capital Realty Group knowingly sold a home to a woman whose husband was convicted of molesting young girls.
The man, Randall Dee Collins, 39, is listed on the Arkansas Crime Information Center Web site as a Level 3 offender living in the 3700 block of Grainger Circle in Springdale.
He and his wife, Carmen C. Collins, are also named as defendants, along with Shirley M. Colunga, a woman who also signed a loan for the home at 3746 Grainger Circle.
Claudia Rodriguez-Iarrain, an agent for Capital Realty Group, is also named.
According to the suit, Carmen Collins hired Rodriguez-Iarrain in 2004 to sell her home, saying she'd married a sex offender and couldn't remain living there because it was too close to a school.
After the home sold, Rodriguez-Iarrain showed new property to the couple, with the criteria their home be at least 2,000 feet from a school, the suit stated.
When the couple decided to purchase the home on Grainger Circle, they drafted the offer so Randall Collins' name would not appear -- thus no credit report or disclosure statement would be required, the suit stated.
The day after closing, the Springdale Police Department distributed fliers in the neighborhood warning a Level 3 sexual offender had moved there, and detailing the man's conviction. Sales in the subdivision "have come to a standstill" because the developer is obligated to tell potential purchasers about Collins, the suit stated. Other residents indicated they will move if Collins isn't removed.
Collins then called the developer and offered to move for $250,000, "or he would stay there and kill their subdivision," the suit alleged.
