Forreston man accused of driving drunk, firing crossbow at truck

A Forreston man charged with using his vehicle and his crossbow as deadly weapons will remain in the Ogle County Jail until his next court appearance on Nov. 18.Andrew L. Heidenreich, 22, was denied pretrial release during a Thursday, Nov. 12, detention hearing presided over by Ogle County Judge John “Ben” Roe at the Ogle County Judicial Center in Oregon.

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“I understand intoxication, but not at the level of hitting another vehicle and then shooting it with a crossbow,” Roe said. “This is a sequence of events that escalated one after another.”Heidenreich was taken into custody Nov. 10 by Ogle County deputies on numerous charges, which included aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, driving while under the influence of alcohol, criminal damage to property, and reckless driving.

A news release issued by the sheriff’s office said deputies were dispatched at 9:18 p.m. to the 7000 block of West Lightsville Road, Leaf River, after receiving a report of a vehicle striking a mailbox and then lea