Timothy Alford has extensive criminal history

Timothy Alford

Timothy Alford, one of four defendants in a case involving the burglaries, a high-speed chase and the shooting of a Washington Parish deputy sheriff, has an extensive criminal history.

• June 2003 — Arrested for the burglary of the Highway 10 Shell One Stop

• September 2003 — Arrested and charged with 21 counts of burglary and 21 counts of criminal damage to property in Bogalusa

• September 2004 — Convicted of aggravated assault and violation of Mississippi's RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) code and sentenced to seven years in jail. He serves 323 days in the Pearl River County Jail before being turned over to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

• January 2009 — Released from the Mississippi State Penetentiary and placed on 18 years' probabtion.

• End of March and first week of April 2009 — Charged with five counts of simple burglary — while on parole from Mississippi.

• Late 2009 — After being judge incompetent to stand trial, Alford received treatment and placed on trial. He received a 10-year suspended sentence with five years' probation. He was also assessed three special conditions — 

including drug screens, mental health evaluation and that he take his medications as prescribed.


• Aug. 16, 2010 — Alleged to have burglarized two used car dealerships and a Bogalusa home before leading Deputy Paul Pajak on a high-speed chase, shooting the officer in the face with bird shot from a shotgun stolen at the residence.

• Aug. 23, 2010 — Arrested in Hattiesburg, Miss. during a traffic stop.

• Week of July 24, 2011 — Pre-trial hearing held with cases for all four defendants severed.