DEFOREST, Wis. (WFRV) - A Wisconsin business owner who allegedly brought in over 15 kilograms of cocaine into a local community was sentenced on Wednesday to nine years in federal prison. According to the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin, 50-year-old Luis Ange l Rios of DeForest was sentenced for attempting to distribute a large quantity of cocaine and maintaining a place for storing and distributing cocaine on March 26. Rios was reportedly the owner of a cleaning and maintenance business in DeForest. Former Green Bay Packer charged for dog fighting in “largest seizure of dogs from one person” The release notes that in late 2022 and early 2023, investigators with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Dane County. During the investigation, investigators determined that Rios was getting and selling multiple kilograms of cocaine throughout the area after intercepting communication between Rios and other traffickers. On June 1, 2023, authorities reportedly intercepted a half-kilogram delivery of cocaine intended for one of Rios's customers. Rios was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 9 years in federal prison. He pled guilty on January 10. Additional details released regarding former Neenah officer fired after child pornography charges During the sentencing, Judge Peterson credited Rios with being a 'hard-working family man, with no criminal history,' but noted that the investigation "demonstrated that he also applied his hard-working efforts to managing his ability to secure and distribute large quantities of cocaine." Rios’s co-defendant, Braulio Martinez Salazar, was also sentenced by Judge Peterson on March 11 to three years. No additional information was provided. ...read more read less