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Andrew Thomas Gallo, charged with murder of Nick Adenhart and DUI
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by Amy Judd | April 9, 2009 at 07:52 am
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Andrew Thomas Gallo has been charged today with three counts of murder and drink driving in a crash that killed baseball rookie Nick Adenhart and two other people.
"At the time of the crash, Mr. Gallo's blood-alcohol content is estimated to be almost three times the legal limit," Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said.
Gallo could receive almost 55 years to life in prison if convicted of all charges, Rackauckas said.
Gallo will make his first public court appearance on Monday.
He was charged with driving under the influence causing injury with a blood alcohol limit of over .08, and he was also charged with fleeing the scene of an accident.
Andrew Thomas Gallo, the driver of the car that crashed and killed baseball rookie Nick Adenhart, had a history of DUIs and was driving on a suspended license due to a prior DUI.
In 2006, Andrew Gallo appeared in court for a DUI and wrote this sentence on his confession:
"I understand that if I continue to drink and drive it may result in death or serious bodily injury to another person" - three years later his drunk driving killed baseball player Nick Adenhart.
He appeared in court again in March 2007 for his arrest for drunk and disorderly conduct.
Cops believe Gallo was driving under the influence and on a suspended license because of a prior DUI. He fled the scene and was arrested. Gallo could be booked on murder charges, along with vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run and felony DUI.
Andrew Thomas Gallo was arrested shortly after the accident that killed Nick Adenhart. Gallo ran a red light and struck the silver Mitsubishi Eclipse Adenhart had been riding in with three friends.
The silver Mitsubishi Eclipse belonged to Courtney Stewart who had the right of way when her car was struck by Gallo's red minivan. Gallo ran a red light at the intersection and fled the scene on foot without checking on the other vehicle.
Gallo was driving without a license at the time of the killings. Gallo's license had been suspended after a 2006 arrest and conviction for drunk driving. He is now facing three felony charges and is being treated in hospital for minor injuries relating to the Adenhart car accident.
Gallo ran away from the scene and was arrested a half-hour later by Anaheim police, stated a Fullerton Police Department news release. He is being treated at UCI Medical Center for injuries and arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving, felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter, the release stated.
Gallo's license remained suspended from a prior drunken driving conviction, said spokeswoman Sylvia Palmer Murdick.
In San Bernardino County, a man with the same name, Andrew Thomas Gallo, and same age, 22 pleaded guilty to a driving under the influence charge in May of 2006, court records show.
He was placed on three years' probation and ordered to attend a county-approved first-offender alcohol program, and pay fines of about $1,400.
Andrew Gallo was picked up by police close to the scene of the accident and was arrested for suspicion of hit and run. Once he was booked a blood test indicated he was over the legal limit and had been driving drunk.
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The fire department responded at 12:25 am to arrive and find one vehicle with 4 individuals inside. The vehicle was a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse, owned by the driver Courtney Stewart. One individual was taken out and passed away outside of the vehicle, one passenger died within the vehicle, and the other 2 were taken to a local hospital. There was no comment as to when Nick actually passed away. Witnesses from the scene stated that once the silver Mitsubishi Eclipse came to the intersection, their light was green and a minivan ran it’s red light and broad sided the Mitsubishi Eclipse. After the collision the driver of the minivan, 22 year old Andrew Thomas Gallow, ended up running from the scene, while the minivan’s passenger stayed put. Police apprehended and arrested Andrew a short time later, not too far from the scene. The blood alcohol level of Andrew showed that he was driving under the influence, and has a record of driving under the influence. His license was already suspended from a previous DUI. He will be arraigned on Monday, and the DA’s office will decide how he will be charged.
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The parents of Andrew Thomas Gallo are struggling with the news that their son has killed three people in a senseless drunk driving accident that the courts were powerless to avoid. They are not talking to the press but have expressed their distress through an unnamed family representative.
A woman who answered the phone this morning on Harding Street in Riverside, an address listed for Andrew Thomas Gallo, said she was a relative, speaking on behalf of Gallo's parents.
She said his parents were "too distraught" to talk about the accident that claimed the life of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in Fullerton.
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at 19:54 on April 9th, 2009
Drunk-driving is still the worse crime on the roads.
at 21:46 on April 9th, 2009
God bless Nick Adenhart.
My heart goes out to his family, friends, fans and all those who knew him.
This did not have to happen.
What a shame.
Nick was so young and full of life.
He played the game he loved just a few hours before he died.
We will always remember Nick!
The person who did this needs to be locked up for good.
Society has enough problems and having to deal with drunk drivers is nonsense.
We have had it with them.
If you drive drunk and cause an accident, then you must be locked up for many years.
If you kill while driving drunk, then you must be locked up for good.
The same goes for driving and drugs.
We have lost too many people because of the crime of DUI.
George Vreeland Hill
at 00:33 on April 10th, 2009
God Bless Nick & Friends....It is such a shame that a young man with so much potential loses his life My thought and prayers go out to the Angels Organization/Nicks Family & Friends My beef with this situation is the law is too nice to criminals who break the law When an individual commits a crime; writes a statement describing what his actions will do if he drinks and drives and then does it again-I have a huge problem with the law in his state. Actions speak louder than words and obviously he didnt learn his lesson. Sometime people deserve second chances but Im sorry leaving a scene of an accident after hurting people and not calling the police is down right "EVIL" They need to teach this kid a lesson and lock him up for good; cause having this be his 3rd offense with drinking; something is wrong with an idividual who cannot stop drinking. R-I-P Nick Adenhart & Friends---->IM SURE YOU ARE NOW PLAYING FOR THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD...."THE ALMIGHTY ANGELS"!!!!!
at 10:28 on April 10th, 2009
Case 66178AUAG Defendant 1254286 GALLO, ANDREW THOMAS
at 13:18 on April 10th, 2009
Thanks for this addition!
at 13:10 on April 10th, 2009
this guy should be put to sleep, immigrants without license are still out there.
at 16:22 on April 10th, 2009
I think that there are lots of natural citizens who drive with suspended licenses after a DUI as well. This kind of comment is just inappropriate.
at 23:12 on April 10th, 2009
the drunk driver who almost killed me was a white american. i guess that made it ok.
at 20:39 on June 8th, 2009
Actually it kind of depends on what quality of attorney he was able to hire. In other words, it might have been OK!
at 14:29 on April 10th, 2009
a selfish idiot, who obviously has no remorse or friends, otherwise he would have had someone else to drive him.
Hope they throw the book at the fucker
at 16:16 on April 10th, 2009
The subject parents are both illegals and should be deported while their son serves a long prison term with the California Department of Corrections for this crime. He is now a 3 time looser under California 3 strikes and will face mandatory sentencing.
at 16:57 on April 10th, 2009
How would you like to be a parents of such a child, a murderer?? Whatever happen, obviously, the parents who raised this child did not do a good job at teaching what is right and wrong to the kid....Let send the parents to jail, too!!!
at 17:15 on April 10th, 2009
at 23:13 on April 10th, 2009
i often think we should have let texas remain part of mexico. you're an idiot.
at 23:15 on April 10th, 2009
doesn't anyone monitor these comments? can you please silence this racist mornon? i don't see how this contributes to meaningful public discourse.
at 00:16 on April 11th, 2009
at 06:09 on April 11th, 2009
Yeah, we should take away ropes and pick up trucks from Texans so they can't drag people behind their trucks. Make education mandatory too.
at 17:24 on April 10th, 2009
Gallow will be in jail for the rest of his life. Good. Hopefully he can learn about all the pain he's caused and sit in jail knowing he did this. The quote he said was the most frustrating thing to me. From previous DUI charges he says that he knew his drinking was a problem and if he continued to drink and drive it would kill somebody. He said it and obviously didn't mean it, and now it's too late, and he kills 3 people, not just one. It kills me that people don't realize that they are killing good, young, innocent people. Ridiculous. A fine, young life wasted, a blooming career gone, all because of a drunk driver. This makes me sick.
at 20:43 on June 8th, 2009
He'll serve no more than 6 years and maybe as little as 2. Get real1
at 18:41 on April 10th, 2009
Yet another drunken alien taking the lives of innocent Americans. Too many aliens go through the system, get out, and are free to commit crimes all over again. Toss his ass over the border with his family. We don't need them. Society doesn't need them. Hell their own country probably doesn't want these useless degenerates either.
America doesn't need anymore useless, drunken, criminal minded Mexicans. How many times do innocent American's have to die until the government gets the freakin message!!!
at 23:18 on April 10th, 2009
the PROBLEM is that california has a car culture that excuses vehicular violations, speeding and drunk driving in particular. also, you're an a$$hole.
at 06:07 on April 11th, 2009
Facts don't matter to racists. They look for opportunities like, skin color, appearance, names to project their pent up hatred into the world. This is how they "prove" their ignorant views to others and justify their fears and loathing/self-loathing.
at 22:24 on April 16th, 2009
Ignorant people like you make me sick. that is why the world is like it is. I dislike people that jump to conclusions and judge with out any type of research or background to a situation. not all aliens come from mexico and not all mexicans are bad people. but you are ignorant and even if you have a degree you've just wasted time and money because that did not teach anything and if you don't that explains it!
at 18:44 on April 10th, 2009
I wish the media would stop referring to him as "Mr." and use a more appropriate term such as "Murder"
at 21:09 on April 10th, 2009
andrew thomas gallo needs to pay for his crimes.......his family should be forced to suffer as well!!!
at 00:15 on April 11th, 2009
Why the fuck would his FAMILY have to pay??? You irrational fucking retard. God forbid one of your redneck, hillbilly cousin fucking relatives breaks the law... somebody might come after YOU too!!!
at 01:09 on April 11th, 2009
screw 55yrs in jail that guy should get the death penalty....
at 01:29 on April 11th, 2009
I lost family to drunk driving. I believe the laws should be harsher. You kill someone while intoxicated you die. If you manage to only be caught being reckless and dangerous than the first DUI should be 150,000 CASH and 5 years in Prison with a lifetime driving privledges revoked. should that someone choose to get caught and receive a 2nd DUI Life in prison or Death by lethal injection. There is no excuse other than that person wants to try and kill somone. I say execute him.
at 01:30 on April 11th, 2009
I just wonder how many of u people learn from this drinking driving and how many of u will follow. First dui conviction should b year in prison, second should b 10year, and third should b life in prison, without any bailout or whatever, also how many of u guys have drank over the limit, ask ur self and u will get the answer.
In order to make change, u have to change your self.
at 08:41 on April 12th, 2009
And this will accomplish what exactly?