Overview
- Galatone mayor Flavio Filoni spotted movement in the life-size display and confronted the man.
- Local police, State Police and Carabinieri arrived and removed him after roughly 20 minutes.
- Checks showed a Bologna sentence of nine months and 15 days for resisting officers and serious bodily injury.
- Reports identify the suspect as a 38-year-old from Ghana who had fled south from Bologna.
- He is now held in Lecce, with the Pro Loco’s accessible setup having enabled him to pass as a figure for about an hour.