Related video: Attached video is from the 2023 news report asking the public to help identify the suspect in this home invasion case.

PEA RIDGE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) -- A Springdale man will spend more than six decades behind bars after pleading no contest to a 2023 violent home invasion in Pea Ridge.

Malaquias Abelino-Victorino faced charges of Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Residential Burglary, Theft of Property, and two counts of first degree Terroristic Threatening. He pleaded no contest on October 30, according to a release from the Pea Ridge Police Department.

According to investigators, Abelino-Victorino forced his way into a home through a window and held the homeowner and their daughter at gunpoint in November of 2023. The daughter managed to escape and call for help at a neighbor

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