A man was convicted by a federal court jury in Juneau on Wednesday of shipping fentanyl pills to Skagway that resulted in the deaths of two people, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Jacob Cotton, 34, of Spokane, Washington, shipped a parcel with the pills to a person in Skagway who received it in January of 2023, according to a press release issued Wednesday.

Anthony Bowers, 28, who received the pills, and James Cook, 44,…