Pubdate: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 1999 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Forum: http://www10.nytimes.com/comment/ DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENT ADMITS KILLING COLLEAGUE FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Drug Enforcement Ad- ministration agent pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Friday in the shoot-ing death of another agent during a ride home from a holiday party. The agent, Richard A. Fekete, faces up to 14 years in prison, but his lawyers said they hoped for leniency because doctors had concluded that Mr. Fekete is an alcoholic plagued by psychotic delusions. Mr. Fekete, 55, has said he does not recall leaving a party at the Dade County Police Benevolent Associa-tion hall with fellow agent Shaun E. Curl, or a car crash after the shoot-ing in Miramar. When the police arrived at the accident scene, Mr. Curl, 39, of Coral Springs, lay dead from gunshots to the head. Mr. Fekete told investigators he had been drinking for more than 10 hours on the day of the shooting, starting at a Christmas party for prosecutors and investigators on an anti-drug task force. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea