ST. FRANCISVILLE — Bruce Dodd was sworn in as 20th JDC District Attorney on Thursday after Sam D'Aquilla stepped down from the position he's held since 2002.

Dodd, a former assistant district attorney under D'Aquilla, will now be the top prosecutor in East and West Feliciana parishes.

"He's got a great office set up, a great staff, great ADAs," Dodd said after being sworn in. "I just wanna keep the boat going in the same direction."

D'Aquilla is now set to become a judge, running unopposed for the Division B bench at the 20th JDC. 

Republican Cy D'Aquilla—a distant relative of the former DA—and Ken Fabre, who has no party affiliation, are running in the Nov. 3 election for DA. Dodd will serve as DA until a new one is sworn in following the election.