The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office has filed additional charges against Andrew Gallo for drugging women he met on dating sites and raping them while they were impaired.

Gallo, 40, of Copper Beech Lane, Bristol Township, appeared at the Criminal Justice Center on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, for a preliminary hearing held before Magisterial District Judge Terrence Hughes. Gallo waived all charges to Common Pleas Court.

Hughes scheduled his formal arraignment for Dec. 27. Gallo has been in the Bucks County Correctional Facility since his arrest in September.

Before the start of the hearing, Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy amended the criminal complaint to include the new set of charges. In the addendum, Gallo is charged with drugging six additional victims and raping five of them.

At a news conference in September, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced the arrest of Gallo who had been meeting women on the website sugardaddymeet.com, drugging them by putting methamphetamine or other drugs in their drinks, and then raping them.

Gallo now faces 10 counts of rape by causing impairment, 12 counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, eight counts of strangulation, five counts of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverage to minors, and one count of corruption of minors.

This investigation is ongoing, and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department are asking any additional victims to please come forward so that we can help them get justice. 

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank the media who spread awareness of this case, leading to several more courageous victims coming forward to speak their truth.

“I applaud the victims for having the strength to come forward and putting their trust in the process,” District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. “I also want to thank the media. Without their efforts, we may not have identified these additional victims.”

The new charges show that Gallo used other dating sites, in addition to sugradaddymeet.com, to meet the women. The victims in the new charges range in age from 18 to 35, and their victimizations happened between June 2018 and June 2024.

The women reported going on dates after meeting Gallo on the dating sites. The dates would happen at Gallo’s house, where he would make them drinks that he spiked with a controlled substance. The victims described feeling strange and “out of it” almost immediately after having his drinks.

The five rape victims reported engaging in rough sex with Gallo, with four of them describing him putting his hands around their throat to the point of them passing out or almost passing out.

The victims reported side effects from the drugs that including being unable to sleep and hallucinating. Most of them sought medical treatment after their encounters with Gallo.

Detectives reviewed their lab tests, which showed they had methamphetamines or amphetamines in their system. Before his arrest, investigators served a search warrant at Gallo’s home, recovering a bottle of tequila that tested positive for methamphetamine.

A forensic review of Gallo’s online search history revealed that he had searched pornography involving drugged women. 

This case is being investigated by Bucks County Detectives and the Bristol Township Police Department. Anyone with information should contact Bristol Township Detective Emilyann Maialetti at 267-812-3024 or Bucks County Detectives at 215-348-6354. You can also contact Bucks County Detectives at bucksda.org, or the BucksCrimeTips submission email, buckscrimetips@buckscounty.org. 

This case is assigned for prosecution to Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy and Assistant District Attorney Gabriella Simonelli.

Media Contact: Manuel Gamiz Jr., 215.348.6298, mgamiz@buckscounty.org

Criminal charges are allegations subject to proof in court. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.