The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office remains committed to protecting our citizens by fairly prosecuting those who violate the law and assisting those who have fallen victim. This site is designed to inform our community of the many programs and services we utilize to help reduce the crime rate in our Parish.
We have links to services for those that wish to conduct business with our office as well as educational links with materials that will help prevent you and your family from being victims of crime. We prosecute to the fullest extent when deemed necessary. This includes the prosecution of violent offenders and repeat offenders.
We have links to services for those that wish to conduct business with our office as well as educational links with materials that will help prevent you and your family from being victims of crime. We prosecute to the fullest extent when deemed necessary. This includes the prosecution of violent offenders and repeat offenders.
Services
Stephen Dwight was born and raised in Moss Bluff, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1999 and then went on to graduate from Southern University Law School where he received his Juris Doctor in 2002. Upon graduation he joined Dwight Law Firm where he practiced business law and general litigation.
The Worthless Checks Division is responsible for administering the District Attorney's obligations under the State Law for issuing Worthless Checks. Typically, this involves working with Merchants who have accepted a check for payment of goods and services only to discover that the check was issue on an account that had insufficient funds or was closed.
The Victim/Witness Assistance Program was created by the district attorney to work only with victims of and witnesses to crime. The purpose for the Victim/Witness Assistance Program is to ensure that victims and witnesses of crime are treated with dignity, respect, courtesy and sensitivity, and that the rights as provided by Louisiana Law are honored and protected.
Stephen Dwight, Calcasieu Parish District Attorney, and Tony Mancuso, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff, are working together to fight contractor fraud in the parish and have formed a Contractor Fraud Response Team. Mancuso says a hotline has been established for the reporting of contractor fraud. This is something we take very seriously and we want to make it easy for citizens to report cases of fraud.
We can not discuss specifics of your case and can only tell you your next court date. Any further questions you have in regards to your case must be discussed with the attorney representing you. If you are represented by the Public Defender's Office, their number is 337-436-1718. Please wait 2-4 weeks after arrest and/or police report has been made before submitting your request to allow time for the file to be in our system.
