Four defendants, including two from the Augusta area, face federal sentencing after admitting their roles in an operation that produced methamphetamine pills.

Albert Bynoe, 35, of Decatur, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, in an announcement released Thursday also detailing the September 2021 indictment.

Bynoe’s mother, Cynthia Dessaure-Outlaw, 58, of Grovetown, pleaded guilty to unlawful transport of drug paraphernalia.

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Nicholas Butler, 42, of Augusta, and Darnee Cooper, 34, of Columbia, S.C., pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

Bynoe faces up to 20 years in prison without parole, "substantial” financial penalties and supervised release after serving his prison term.

In 2018 and 2020, federal agents flagged shipments addressed to Dessaure-Outlaw containing a pill press and the molds that shape the tablets. Agents also located three prior shipments sent in Bynoe’s name to a Columbia, S.C., address, with “large amounts of powdered binding agents used to manufacture pills,” the release said.

In 2021, agents searched Bynoe’s residence in Decatur and a storage unit he rented in Tucker. Methamphetamine, a pill press machine, pill molds in the shapes of a joker and seashells; firearms, drug paraphernalia and cash were seized, the release said.

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Augusta-area residents among four facing sentencing in meth case