A South Point man apologized to his mother and family Wednesday after admitting his involvement in making methamphetamine.

Jacob Orlando, 24, of 203 Township Road 1034 Lot B, South Point, pleaded guilty in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to a second-degree felony of complicity to illegal manufacture of drugs, which was amended from a count of illegal manufacture of drugs.

“I’m sorry to my family, my mother,” Orlando said. “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make a change in my life.”

Judge Charles Cooper sentenced the man to four years in prison, a $7,500 fine and a six-month driver’s license suspension.

Orlando was arrested in April after the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office got an anonymous tip of alleged drug activity at the home of Mark Wiley II home in South Point. The deputy dispatched to the scene called for assistance after speaking with the resident and two other individuals and allegedly witnessing signs of meth activity.

Also arrested in connection with the lab were Eric Roach 35, of 1529 County Road 1, and Wiley, 30, of 60 Township Road 616.

Wiley pleaded guilty o a third-degree count of trafficking in drugs in July and was sentenced to three years in prison.

The case against Roach is still pending.

In other cases:

• Mary Mills, 45, of 413 Etna St., Ironton, pleaded guilty to a third-degree count of trafficking in drugs. According to the indictment, Mills sold two oxycodone tablets in the vicinity of a school.

Cooper sentenced the woman to three years in prison, a $5,000 fine and a six-month driver’s license suspension.

• A final plea offer was given to Calvin Estep, 30, of 150 Township Road 615, South Point, who previously pleaded not guilty to a count of fifth-degree theft and misdemeanor counts of criminal damaging, theft and complicity to theft.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Bob Anderson offered a sentence of six months in prison or 11 months in prison with a judicial release to the STAR Community Justice Center. Estep would also be required to pay $5,620 in restitution to four victims in the case.

Estep rejected the offer through his attorney, Mike Davenport. A trial was set for Sept. 5.