Pubdate: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 Source: Tulsa World (OK) Section: State Briefs Copyright: 1999, World Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.tulsaworld.com/ Author: World's Own Service EX-DRUG INVESTIGATOR ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN CASE POTEAU -- A former LeFlore County drug investigator pleaded guilty Friday to one count of embezzlement in exchange for a fine and a two-year deferred sentence. Charles David Love, 47, said, however, that he didn't steal any money from the drug task force's confidential informant fund. He said only that he signed a receipt to a transaction he did not witness. The charge involved a $150 payment to an informant in 1996. Love's partner and supervisor, Michael Shayne Hilburn, earlier pleaded guilty to the same charge and 27 others. Love originally was charged with more than 30 counts. All but two were dismissed at a preliminary hearing, and one of those two remaining charges was dropped at a trial last month. The jury deadlocked on the remaining charge. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D