Rogelio Gonzalez-Martinez bragged to his cohorts that he was an elk, and when it came to catching drug dealers, cops could only snare the deer.
During testimony at Gonzalez-Martinez’s sentencing in Benton County Circuit Court on Friday, Special Agent Mike Wells of the Oregon Department of Justice described the defendant’s two wire-tapped phone calls on Feb. 22, 2012.
“During the conversation, he’s laughing; he’s referring to himself as the elk and that he always gets away,” Wells said.
Less than a month later, Gonzalez-Martinez and 26 others were arrested after...
