Man accused of hitting woman with metal pipe, vandalizing Saskatoon business

Saskatoon police have arrested a man after an early morning incident at a restaurant on Tuesday.

Police were called to the 100 block of Confederation Drive around 5:30 a.m. CST after hearing reports aman had damaged the restaurant and assaulteda 68-year-old woman with a metal pipe in the parking lot.

Officers arrived and took a 24-year-old-maninto custody without trouble.Police believe the man was intoxicated from an unknown substance.

Thewoman was not seriously injured, according to a police news release.

The 24-year-old has been charged with assault, obstruction, mischief under $5,000 and breach of probation.

He will be appear in provincial court on Tuesday afternoon.