Woman charged in fatal drug overdose and financial exploitation of deceased roommate
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Falls Township Police Department have filed criminal charges against a 38-year-old woman in connection with the overdose death of her roommate.
The investigation revealed the defendant not only supplied the lethal drugs that killed 34-year-old Mary Wells but also systematically stole the victim’s money and attempted to frame others for the crime.
Following a comprehensive investigation, Christina Gallo was charged on Monday, March 9, 2026, with drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, involuntary manslaughter, identity theft, access device fraud, theft by unlawful taking, recklessly endangering another person.
She was arraigned on Tuesday by Magisterial District Judge John T. Galloway and was remanded to Bucks County Correctional Facility under $250,000 bail.
On Jan. 2, 2025, Mary Wells was found unresponsive at the residence she shared with Gallo at 4352 Dover Drive in the Pennwood Crossing trailer park. She was later pronounced dead at Jefferson-Bucks Hospital.
