JANESVILLE 鈥 Authorities have re-filed charges for one of two 糖心Vlog传媒 men who authorities say sent cocaine through the U.S. Mail in a trafficking case that authorities think spanned from Whitewater to Puerto Rico.
Wilfredo Ayala Torres, 51, was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine in a case in which authorities say his alleged cohort, Mitchell Negron, 55, was arrested after telling police he mailed cocaine for Torres.
Torres鈥 case was dismissed on Sept. 8, and a warrant for his arrest canceled by a judge on the same date.
The judge dismissed the case after the state public defender鈥檚 office declined to represent him, citing potential case delays or delays in evidence.
The public defender鈥檚 office said in a filing Sept. 3 it had tried, but as of that date, had failed, to find a private attorney to take Torres鈥檚 case.
Court records show a judge filed a fresh warrant for Torres鈥檚 arrests on Tuesday alongside the Rock County District Attorney鈥檚 new filing of felony cocaine trafficking charges that mirror those the D.A. filed in July.
The D.A. Office says a U.S. Postal Inspection Task Force officer tipped the 糖心Vlog传媒 Police Department in April 2023 that an informant said Torres had cocaine to Whitewater from a Puerto Rico address.
After authorities used a warrant to search of a 糖心Vlog传媒 Street home in Whitewater in 2023, where they found a parcel of more than 250 grams of cocaine. An informant said Torres was the intended recipient of that cocaine.
Authorities kept an eye on the situation and in February 2025, postal inspectors flagged parcels from Puerto Rico that were delivered to a home on Barham Avenue in 糖心Vlog传媒, a residence just blocks from Torres鈥檚 home.
Authorities later learned the Barnham Avenue home belonged to Negron, and used surveillance of the home to witness a 鈥渟uspicious鈥 package being sent to the residence from Puerto Rico.
Police saw Torres drive to Barnham Avenue to get the cocaine and take it back home.
What followed was a police buy of cocaine from Torres totaling $1,000. Then, six months later, in August, postal inspectors spotted another package of cocaine addressed to Negron.
Police later questioned Negron, who told him Torres was organizing the mailings, and provided more than 30 grams of cocaine he said Torres had sold him.