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A man accused of selling cocaine in the Bozeman area, including to local high school students, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Missoula today.

Luis Rocha, 27, of Bozeman was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy to 85 months in prison and eight years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

The FBI and Missouri River Drug Task Force began investigating the case in 2008 when they received information that several men were distributing cocaine, including to high school students. Information they received also indicated that cocaine was being distributed from a residence near the Bozeman High School.

Upon investigation, officials concluded that Rocha supplied the drug to another man who then sold it, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Rocha would reportedly travel to Texas and New Mexico to pick up cocaine. When he returned Bozeman with cocaine, he would usually double the quantity using inositol, ammonia, acetone, or ether, according to the release.