Things would have turned out better if they had only come to Fayette County for a simple Friday night dinner. Instead, five men from Clayton and Henry counties were arrested June 8 in the parking lot at O’Charley’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 in Fayetteville as they attempted to sell 11 pounds of marijuana to local undercover agents.

Arrested at the scene and charged with trafficking in marijuana were Carlos Wallace, 25, of Riverdale; Faderain Thompson, 21, of Jonesboro; Dexter Thompson, 24, of Riverdale; Desmann Williams, 31, of Stockbridge; and Courtney McLain, 24, of Riverdale, said Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Task Force (DTF) Capt. Mike Pruitt.

Dexter Thompson was also charged with possession of cocaine, Pruitt said.

Undercover DTF agents, sheriff’s deputies and Fayetteville police units swarmed to bust the men once the stage was set. Agents’ agreement to purchase 11 pounds of marijuana for $7,000 was a deal that all but went up in smoke by 7:30 p.m., with the five left with no recourse but to surrender. Totally surrounded, there was no way and no place to run.