DRUG-SENTENCE SHOCK PUTS MAN IN HOSPITAL

McAlester -- A man sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking was
so shocked he spent two hours at a hospital before going to jail.

Charles Forest Bernard was convicted of trafficking 84 pounds of marijuana
found in his car last January.

After a jury recommended he spend 30 years behind bars, an ambulance was
summoned to the Pittsburg County Courthouse.

"When the jury came back with a sentence of 30 years and a $25,000 fine, he
started getting weak and short of breath," said Ron Gragg, a courthouse
security deputy.

Bernard, 57, was ordered held at the jail pending sentencing, and was
booked in after the hospital visit Tuesday afternoon.

Former Assistant Police Chief Gets Drug Term

MUSKOGEE -- A former Ada assistant police chief received a 6-1/2-year
prison sentence in a drug case, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling said Wednesday.

Dennis Edmond Corvin, 40, had pleaded guilty earlier to drug charges. He
admitted establishing a drug manufacturing operation and possessing a
firearm during and in relation to drug trafficking.

A search of Corvin's home earlier this year turned up marijuana,
methamphetamine, manufacturing ingredients, drug paraphernalia and firearms.

Authorities said they discovered while talking to a confidential informant
involved in the methamphetamine trade that Corvin was selling drugs.

Corvin worked for the Ada Police Department for more than 20 years before
retiring in 1999.