NOVATO, Calif. - A man was arrested in Novato on Friday after he allegedly crashed his car into a mosque building and attacked a member inside.

Novato Police Department officers were called about 11:30 a.m. on Friday to the 7000 block of Redwood Boulevard on reports of a disturbance, according to a department statement .

"A patrol officer was checking the area and speaking to a witness when he heard what sounded like a vehicle collision at the Islamic Center of North Marin," the NPD said in a statement. "The officer ran to investigate and saw a man getting out of the driver's seat of a vehicle that had impacted an outbuilding on the property."

The police department reported that the driver of the vehicle then forcefully opened the door to the mosque, "made incoherent statements" and

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