After a five-month investigation, Maricopa police have identified the man who traumatized a girl during a daytime burglary in her Rancho El Dorado home as her neighbor.

The burglary occurred around 1 p.m. Sept. 25 when a suspect used a hammer to break into a home on the 41000 block of Hillman Drive in the northeast corner of Rancho El Dorado, according to the authorities.

Officers on Tuesday afternoon arrested the suspect, 34-year-old Marcor Milton Farr, during a traffic stop near Rancho El Dorado Parkway and Goles Drive.

Farr “ransacked” the home, stuffing a large jar of coins and a lockbox containing handguns into his backpack, according to a police document released Friday. However, he dropped the bag, which also contained rubber gloves, and fled the scene.

A forensic investigation found DNA inside the glove that matched Farr’s profile (he had been arrested in Maricopa on unrelated charges just three weeks earlier). A neighbor’s home surveillance footage also showed a bearded white man carrying a similar backpack around the time of the crime.

Further investigation showed Farr, who matched that description, lived only a handful of houses away from the crime scene. The victim stated they did not know him and “never let him into their house.”

During the traffic stop, Maricopa police officers found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in Farr’s pants pocket, they reported.

It was a “traumatizing” event for the homeowner and their family, according to a post on the social networking site Nextdoor.

“I have lived here since 2008 and never had anything like this happen before,” the resident wrote last fall.

This wasn’t the first time Farr has been arrested in recent months. In January, he was arrested in connection with drug possession and sales at John Wayne Parkway and Edison Road.

As of Dec. 31, the state laboratory’s DNA backlog included 87 cases and has an average turnaround time of 55 days, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety. This likely contributed to the length of time between the home invasion and Farr’s arrest.

Farr will now plea to charges of burglary, firearm theft, possessing dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia in Pinal County Superior Court. He spent one day in the Pinal County jail before bailing out Wednesday, according to court records.

His arraignment date has not been released.