Suspects in Novato burglary crash into business storefront

Novato police said a suspect rammed into a storefront to burglarize the business early Saturday morning.

Officers arrived at the Diablo Avenue business around 3 a.m. and saw two vehicles leaving the area.

A chase ensued on southbound Highway 101, but it was ended due to unsafe speeds.

Police said one of the vehicles was later found by California Highway Patrol officers on eastbound Highway 580 in San Rafael.

According to Novato police, CHP officers followed the vehicle along Highway 580. Police said the driver crashed and then tried to run from officers.

He was eventually arrested and identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Fong, of Oakland. Police said Fong was the only person in the vehicle and that officers found an "extensive amount of stolen property."

Fong was taken to the hospital to be medically cleared. He was then booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of burglary, vandalism, reckless evading, resisting arrest, vehicle theft and conspiracy.

Novato police said there were about five people and two vehicles involved in the burglary. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 415-897-4361 and reference case #NP24-2950.