BURLINGTON, VT. — A former Stowe resident, who gunned down two men from Western Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a series of crimes that will net him a pair of consecutive life sentences.
Theodore “Theo” Bland, 30, admitted in court that he fatally shot the men at a trailer at 497 Eden Road in Lowell on Oct. 12, 2023.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Turner said Bland stole fentanyl and crack cocaine from the two men when he killed them. He proceeded to share them with others in his drug trafficking conspiracy so they could distribute the drugs. Bland also distributed portions of the stolen drugs to various people to ensure their cooperation and assistance in concealing the murders, Turner said.
The bodies of Jahim “Debo” Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Eric “E” White, 21, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, were found about two weeks later in the town of Eden in nearby Lamoille County about a mile apart…