OSSIPEE — The Carroll County Attorney’s Office is seeking a new prosecutor following the departure of Deputy County Attorney Steve Briden, who has left to join the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oklahoma.
Briden, formerly of Exeter, was with the County Attorney’s Office for a little over five years. He joined the office in January 2017, becoming deputy county attorney, who is second in command to County Attorney Michaela Andruzzi, in November 2018.
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