LANCASTER – A Montgomery County man was sentenced to seven to 14 years in state prison after causing a crash that killed a Warwick Township, Lancaster County, teen in 2022, then lied to police by claiming he was not the driver. 23-year-old Robert Bulett of Pottstown pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while DUI, false reports to law enforcement, three misdemeanor drug offenses, and other charges. Bulett was under the influence of multiple drugs when he crashed into a utility pole near the intersection of Cains and Lime Quarry Roads in Salisbury Township on Dec. 24, 2022. Bulett’s passenger, 18-year-old Mason Gentry, died of his injuries after the crash. When police spoke to Bulett, he initially claimed that he was a passenger, while Gentry was driving. Police then spent over a year investigating the crash before DNA samples taken from the passenger-side airbag showed that Gentry, not Bulett, had been sitting in the passenger seat at the time of the crash. When police confronted Bulett with the DNA evidence, he admitted that he was the driver. A crash reconstruction revealed that Bulett was traveling nearly 100 mph in a 40 mph zone.
ROBERT BULETT