SKAGWAY, Alaska (KTUU) – A Washington man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for distributing fentanyl in Skagway, resulting in two deaths in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Jacob Cotton, 35, of Spokane, Wash., was convicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death on March 25.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between Jan. 1 and Jan. 13, 2023, Cotton sold and mailed about 150 fentanyl pills for distribution in Skagway. The plan was apparently to buy the pills in Spokane, where they were cheaper, mail them to Skagway and sell them at a higher price, according to officials…