ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (rbs news now) — Authorities have arrested two individuals and are searching for a third in connection to a series of violent crimes in the Stoneville area.

David Lenzie Purgason Jr., 34, and Brittany Leigh Watkins, 32, both of Walnut Cove, have been arrested following a home invasion on C&N Smith Mill Road in Stoneville on September 13.

Purgason was charged with first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, larceny after breaking and entering, assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Watkins faces charges of first-degree burglary and larceny after breaking and entering.

The pair was also charged for a separate incident on September 25, in which shots were fired into a family’s vehicle on Janet Road.

Two children, aged two and five, were in the vehicle, but neither was injured after the two-year-old’s child safety seat stopped the projectile, according to investigators.

Purgason was charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, while Watkins was charged with aiding and abetting by providing a convicted felon with a firearm.

Purgason is being held in the Rockingham County Detention Facility on a $1,002,000 secured bond, and Watkins is being held on a $500,000 secured bond.

The sheriff’s office is still searching for Robbie Wayne Hicks, 34, of Mayodan, who is wanted in connection with the home invasion.

Anyone with information on Hicks’ whereabouts is asked to contact Rockingham County Crime Stoppers at 336-349-9683.

The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office, and the Greensboro Police Department for their assistance in the investigation.

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