'Sugar Daddy' Drugged Women, Beheading Case To Trial: Lower Bucks News

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —A Bucks County man has been charged with drugging six women and then sexually assaulting them after he met them on a Sugar Daddy dating site.

Meanwhile, the Levittown man accused of beheading his father is headed to trial.

These were some of the stories making news in Lower Bucks County this past week:

New Details On Bucks Co. Man Accused Of Drugging, Assaulting Women

The Bristol Township man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting six women he met on a dating site laced their drinks with methamphetamines before engaging in rough sex with them, court records state. Andrew Gallo, 40, of Bristol Township, faces five counts of rape by causing impairment, six counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, four counts of strangulation, two counts of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverage to minors, and one count each of strangulation and corruption of minors, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. (Read More)

Beheading Suspect Headed To Trial in Lower Bucks

The Levittown man accused of beheading his father in their home will be headed to court following his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, authorities said. Justin Mohn, 32, is charged with killing his father in January in his Middletown Township home and posting a disturbing YouTube video holding his father’s decapitated head and calling for violent attacks against members of the federal government. (Read More)

Amazon Fresh Opening 4th PA Store

Amazon Fresh is expanding its footprint in Pennsylvania, opening its fourth location in the state —and third in Bucks County —in the next two weeks. The Sept. 26 opening of Amazon Fresh's Oxford Valley store comes about a month after another supermarket opened on Street Road in Bensalem Township. The new 44,500-square-foot store will be located at 2424 Lincoln Highway in Langhorne and open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. (Read More)

SWAT Vehicle Will Bolster Safety In Bucks County

The Bensalem Township Police Department is getting a $350,000 grant to bolster regional SWAT team capabilities. State Sen. Frank Farry and several area state representatives will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bensalem Township Municipal Complex on 2400 Byberry Rd. to acquire a Lenco BearCat. The state-of-the-art armored rescue vehicle will be housed in Bensalem and serve all three Bucks County regional special units and tactical (SWAT) teams. (Read More)

$4M Grant Secured For Route 1 Improvements Project

The Route 1 Improvements Project is getting a $4 million grant to assist in revitalizing and redeveloping the corridor that stretches from the Neshaminy Creek in Bensalem Township to the Philadelphia border. U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) secured the Community Project Funding (CPF) grant as part of a program he introduced that allows Congress members to target federal funds towards projects and programs within their congressional districts that will address the most significant needs facing the communities they represent. (Read More)