{"id":121587,"date":"2026-01-13T18:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/121587\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:14:23","slug":"man-sentenced-to-45-years-in-cryptocurrency-home-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/121587\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 45 years in cryptocurrency home invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/abdias-espinoza.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas &#8211; A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a North Richland Hills home invasion and aggravated robbery involving cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office, 19-year-old Abdias Espinoza of Dallas pleaded guilty to both burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">He was then sentenced to 45 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Espinoza was one of three people arrested in December 2024 after breaking into a North Richland Hills home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Prosecutors said the trio executed a premeditated armed home invasion in the 5300 block of Tiffin Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">They pretended to be delivering food to the home and then ambushed the victim, pistol-whipping him, threatening to kill his family, and demanding money from his cryptocurrency wallet.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The victim\u2019s wife called 911 while hiding with her children. They were not hurt.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The suspects ran from the house when they heard police sirens. But they didn\u2019t get very far. North Richland Hills police officers located them with help from a K9 and the Fort Worth Police Department\u2019s helicopter.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rodney-hill.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The two other suspects who were arrested included 18-year-old Rodney Hill of Dallas and a 17-year-old juvenile. They are facing the same charges as Espinoza.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Tarrant County court records show Hill is still awaiting trial with a court hearing scheduled for later this month.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The victim was treated for his injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story is from the North Richland Hills Police Department and the Tarrant County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/north-richland-hills\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Richland Hills<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas &#8211; A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1046,116,118,117,223,10144,122,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-121587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","11":"tag-fort-worth-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-north-richland-hills","14":"tag-tarrant-county","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}