Overview
- Police identified the 38-year-old Ghanaian after he was spotted in Galatone’s public Nativity display in Piazza Santissimo Crocifisso on Dec. 6.
- Mayor Flavio Filoni noticed slight movement, photographed the figure, and alerted authorities.
- Local police, state police and the Carabinieri detained the man, who is now in custody to serve his term, with some reports placing him in Lecce.
- Reports say he had been sentenced in Bologna for assault and resisting a public official, with the term cited as nine months or nine months and 15 days.
- According to the mayor, the man entered a nearby church and tried to undress, appearing to be in a state of difficulty.