Ferrara police arrested a man in connection with alleged stalking, after neighbours reported years of harassment starting in 2023. The Squadra Mobile of Ferrara Questura carried out an ordinance of pre-trial custody issued by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Ferrara, ordering him to be held in prison. Investigators acted on multiple reports and complaints filed by residents in the street where the accused lives. Neighbours described reiterated and ongoing conduct that they said included explicit death threats, abusive insults and repeated nuisance behaviour. Police said the allegations left the victims in a lasting, serious state of anxiety and fear, forcing them to drastically change their daily routines. The investigation is described as an effort to stop what police called an escalation in aggressiveness. The man was taken to the Casa Circondariale di Ferrara, where he remains in custody under the court order.