Man Sentenced To 65 To 135 Years For Drugging, Raping Women

A Bristol Township man was sentenced Wednesday to state prison for a years-long pattern of drugging and sexually assaulting women he met through online dating apps and websites.

Andrew Gallo, 41, of the township’s Levittown section, received the sentence of 65 to 135 years from Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen Corr after his December no-contest plea to charges including rape of a substantially impaired person, strangulation, furnishing liquor to a minor, and various drug offenses.

The Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board designated Gallo a sexually violent predator, a status that requires lifetime sex offender registration should he ever be released.

Prosecutors said Gallo, a former contractor and bar worker, used dating platforms Hinge, Plenty of Fish, and SugarDaddyMeet to lure women between the ages 17 to 35 to his Levittown home between 2018 and 2024.

Once there, authorities said he served them beverages laced with drugs.

Police reported that victims described feeling disoriented or “out of it” shortly after consuming drinks Gallo provided.

Several women said they were strangled to the point of losing consciousness.

One 17-year-old victim, who told Gallo her age before being drugged, suffered hallucinations and required treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“He was trying to pretend to be a charming, single man looking for women,” said Bucks County First Assistant District Attorney Kristin McElroy. “These women actually thought they found a nice guy, and what happened to them is what nightmares are made of.”

During a September 2024 raid on Gallo’s Copper Beach Lane home, detectives found an 18-year-old woman who required medical attention.

Investigators recovered a bottle of tequila that tested positive for methamphetamine.

Bucks County Detectives said they found evidence showing Gallo had searched for pornography featuring drugged women.

One of the victims reported not drinking often and feeling “very strange and very sexual” after having wine Gallo gave her. He later told her he forgot he put MDMA in the bottle.

One victim said she was so out of it after being drugged that she only was able to leave Gallo’s Copper Beach Lane home in Levittown two days after she went there.

During one encounter, one woman reportedly bit Gallo’s penis and drew blood, authorities said.

The attacks targeted women who were meeting up for a what they thought might be a consensual, casual encounter or date and women who Gallo considered girlfriends or were paying for a “girlfriend experience,” which was not to include sexual contact.

Medical examinations confirmed the presence of methamphetamines or amphetamines in the systems of many of the women, police said.

Defense attorney Keith Williams argued that Gallo was suffering from addiction and was unable to think clearly at the time of the crimes. Although, the defense attorney said it wasn’t an excuse.

Gallo told the court he had a severe addiction to drugs, alcohol, women, and pornography at the time of the offenses.

Williams stated that Gallo’s no-contest plea stemmed from an inability to remember the encounters due to his own meth use.

Gallo, who was dressed in a yellow inmate jumpsuit, told the court he had found religion while in custody and intended to “live righteously.”

“I’m sorry is never enough sorry,” Gallo said.

At one point, Gallo looked down as a victim had to abruptly leave the courtroom after being overcome by tears as prosecutors recounted the crimes.

The women submitted victim impact statements to the court, which Corr considered as he handed down his sentence.

Corr rejected the defense’s characterization of the crimes and called Gallo’s actions “unspeakable and shocking.”

In handing down consecutive sentences for each of the 12 victims, the judge noted that Gallo had carefully planned how to take advantage of the women.

“You don’t get a bulk discount in your sentence,” Corr told Gallo. “Each victim deserves justice.”