Prosecutor - Rea Culwell
Email: rculwell@waprosecutors.org
Deputy Prosecutor - June Riley
Email: jriley@wapa-sep.wa.gov
Legal Assistant - Julie Karl
Email: jkarl@wapa-sep.wa.gov
Legal Assistant - Kim Melton
Email: kmelton@wapa-sep.wa.gov
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday - Friday
8:30 am -12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Contact Information:
116 N. 3rd Street
Dayton, WA 99328
Phone: 509-382-1197
Fax: 509-382-1191
The prosecuting attorney serves a dual role. He or she is a constitutionally mandated state official who serves as an agent of the state and is also the chief civil law enforcement officer for the county and legal counsel for the county, its employees and all elected and appointed officials and for other agencies and districts.
The prosecuting attorney, and deputy prosecuting attorneys, are authorized by law to appear for and represent the state and counties in actions and proceedings before the courts and judicial officers. The prosecutor appears for and represents the state, county, and all school districts subject to the supervisory control and direction of the attorney general, in all criminal and civil proceedings in which the state or the county or any school district in the county may be a party. He/she prosecutes all criminal and civil actions in which the state or the county may be a party and defends all suits brought against the county. The prosecutor institutes and prosecutes felony proceedings.