A former Stowe man termed by prosecutors as a “person of interest” in the killing of two Massachusetts men last October has been indicted on new federal charges, including one alleging he discharged a firearm in a drug crime.
A federal grand jury in Vermont returned the indictment against Theodore Bland, 29, on Thursday, charging him with a series of drug and firearms charges.
Investigators have not publicly identified any suspects in the double homicide case, and they have released little information, other than to say that it may have been drug-related.
However, in an earlier filing in February in a separate federal case against Bland, federal prosecutors described him as a “person of interest” in the two homicides.
Vermont State Police reported Oct. 25 discovering the bodies of Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, in a wooded area of Eden, about a mile apart from each other. Both men had been shot and killed, according to state police.
The families of the two men had reported them missing 10 days earlier. The families told police that the two men had been traveling together and had not been in touch for several days, state police said in a press release at the time.