Jury seated for trial of former Carroll County deputy charged in teen’s death

A 12-person jury was seated Monday for the trial of a former Carroll County sheriff’s deputy accused of causing the 2024 death of a Mount Carroll teen, according to the Carroll County Circuit Clerk’s Office. Matthew Herpstreith, 46, of Savanna, is heading to trial on Nov. 16 to be tried on five charges connected to the death of 18-year-old Jackson Kradle. Jury selection, which a judge barred journalists from attending, was expected to take at least a week, but concluded in just one day. Two panels of 50 people were summoned for potential jury duty. Jury selection began at 9 a.m. and the process continued until after 2 p.m., according to the Carroll County Circuit Clerk’s Office. The circuit clerk’s office told Shaw Local that the trial is still planned to start at 8:45 a.m. Nov. 16, despite the jury being seated earlier than expected. The caseKradle’s body was found at 3:30 a.m. July 28, 2024, on state Route 78, less than a mile north of Mount Carroll’s city limits. Kradle was the vict