Davidson County Sheriff’s Office filed additional charges against three people arrested on Thursday for breaking and entering, including one count of child abuse upon a Thomasville man and Lexington woman for having their infant with them during the alleged crimes.

According to a DCSO press release, Michael Ray Thompson, 28, of 1301 Liberty Drive, Talitha Renee Thompson, 23, of 894 Michael Road in Lexington, and Bradley Steven Stone, 25, of 338 Becks Church Road in Lexington, were arrested and charged last week with one count of felony breaking and entering and one count of larceny after breaking and entering for an alleged home break-in near the Holly Grove community. After further investigation, detectives filed additional charges related to four other house break-ins in the Tyro community.

Michael Thompson is now charged with three counts of felony breaking and entering, three counts of larceny after breaking and entering, one count of felony attempted breaking and entering and one count of misdemeanor child abuse after detectives allege his 4-month-old infant was present during the crimes. Talitha Thompson, the child’s mother, also is charged with one count of misdemeanor child abuse. Stone is facing the same charges as Michael Thompson minus the count of misdemeanor child abuse.

“We allege they had the child with them on the break-in that occurred on Feb. 25,” Sheriff David Grice said. “During the course of conducting interviews, we established they broke into more houses in the Tyro community.”

Last Thursday, deputies responded to an alarm call at 3864 E. Highway 64 in the Holly Grove community and discovered a home had been burglarized. During the investigation, Davidson County 911 received a call from a person saying they were following a blue Chevrolet Cavalier on Highway 64 East that was seen leaving the residence.

Detectives and the Breaking and Entering Task Force responded to the area where the vehicle was last seen. DCSO contacted the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and advised them on the vehicle. Detectives located property thrown from the vehicle while RCSO deputies pulled over the suspect’s car. Detectives allege that at some point, the couple stopped off at a relative’s home and dropped off the child before being pulled over.

“What happened was a person who lived close to the location of the break-in heard the alarm going off, looked that way and saw some people coming from the back of the house,” said Grice. “The person got in the car and started following the suspects. We moved officers into the area and the suspects started throwing out some of the jewelry onto the road. We walked the road south of Thomasville and recovered most of the jewelry. The suspects eventually sped away from the vehicle following them and we missed them as they got into Randolph County. The child, we allege, was in the car during the commission of the break-ins, but before Randolph County got to them, they got to a family member’s house and put the child out of the car.”

Additional property was located on the suspects and all three were taken into custody. Thompson was issued a $55,000 secured bond, Talitha was issued a $8,500 secured bond and Stone a $35,000 secured bond. All three are scheduled to appear in court on March 8.

Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com.