Novato police arrested a suspect who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a building at the Islamic Center of North Marin and then assaulted a member.

The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. Friday at the center, which is on the Redwood Boulevard frontage road, according to the Novato Police Department.

“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 department 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.”

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