ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A federal jury convicted a Washington state man Wednesday of distributing fentanyl pills tied to the overdose deaths of two men in Skagway, federal prosecutors.
Jacob Cotton, 34, of Spokane, Washington, was found guilty after a five-day trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Prosecutors said Cotton arranged in early January 2023 to supply about 150 fentanyl pills to a person in Skagway for resale. Court records showed the plan was to buy the pills in Spokane, where they were cheaper, mail them to Alaska and sell them at a higher price in Skagway, with the profits split between the two men…