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"I Noticed a Presence": a Fugitive Actively Sought in Italy hidden... in a Giant Christmas Crèche

Summary by Le Parisien
"As I stood in front of the crèche carefully realized by our volunteer, I noticed a presence that I first took for an element of the decor. A detail that seemed trivial, but that turned out to be decisive," says Flavio Filoni on Facebook. "The mayor of Galatone, a municipality in the south east of Italy, noticed on December 6, that a human was standing among the characters that make up the city's life-size Christmas crèche, installed in a square…

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In Italy, a wanted criminal hid in a nativity scene, and the police later arrested him.

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On Saturday morning, on the square of the city, the mayor of the Italian municipality of Galatone noticed a "character" of the Christmas crèche whose posture seemed suspicious to him. As he approached, the newspaper discovered that the statue was actually a living man. Refusing to leave the installation, he required the intervention of the law enforcement forces, called on the spot, reports the Belgian media 7 out of 7. According to the local pr…

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"As I stood in front of the crèche carefully realized by our volunteer, I noticed a presence that I first took for an element of the decor. A detail that seemed trivial, but that turned out to be decisive," says Flavio Filoni on Facebook. "The mayor of Galatone, a municipality in the south east of Italy, noticed on December 6, that a human was standing among the characters that make up the city's life-size Christmas crèche, installed in a square…

·Paris, France
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Actively wanted by the authorities, a 38-year-old man tried to escape the police by pretending to be a... "fourth Mage King" in a life-size crèche in Italy. A presence that did not go unnoticed. A "cameleon" that did not really melt in the decor. In southern Italy, a 38-year-old man tried to flee the Italian police by trying to hide in a crèche. He had chosen to imitate the posture of the life-size and frozen characters who accompanied the scene…

On December 6, a fugitive multi-recidivist offender was discovered by the mayor of the town of Galatone, in the south of the country, hidden in the city's life-size crèche.

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Le Parisien broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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