Tennessee woman accused of multiple sex crimes in Arkansas
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – U.S. Marshals captured a Tennessee woman wanted for multiple sex crimes out of Arkansas
According to a news release, a warrant was issued on Sept. 18 by the District Court of Craighead County in Jonesboro for the arrest of 22-year-old Natalie Graves.
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Graves was wanted on charges of internet stalking of a child, possession or use of child sexual abuse material, and sexual grooming of a child.
Arkansas detectives requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force in locating and arresting Graves.
She was arrested on Nov. 9 at a home in the 100 block of Ashwood Road in Savannah, Tenn.
Graves is being held in the Hardin County Jail awaiting extradition to Arkansas.
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Arkansas won their third game of the season 86-77 against Old Dominion Monday. The Monarchs kept it tight with the Razorbacks for most of the second half and might have had a shot to win in Bud Walton Arena if not for the play of transfer point guard El Ellis.
Ellis led the Hogs with 17 points and eight assists. Most impressively, he ran the Arkansas offense against an aggressive, guard-heavy defense and did not turn the ball over.
“I really wanted to come out and take good shots and my offense came to me,” Ellis said. “I am a natural born scorer but I am really here to show I can facilitate a team and run a team and I feel like I showed that.”
Ellis transferred to Arkansas from Louisville last summer and has completely bought in to the culture set by head coach Eric Musselman. At Louisville, a lack of talented teammates forced Ellis to become a high-volume shooter, which resulted in the shifty ball-handler shooting just 41% from the field. At Arkansas, he has seamlessly transitioned from this role into the maestro of a talented group of Razorback guards who can take over in late game situations or whenever the team needs a bucket.
“El has done a really good job of asking for feedback on what we’re looking for,” Musselman said. “I gave him a sheet today of the women’s coach at Duke (who) had some great quotes about being a point guard and what Pat Summitt had kind of taught her. I was on the treadmill and circled some stuff and gave it to El.
“He’s a guy that wants to…like he understands what areas we want to see from him, which is taking care of the ball. And then quite honestly, late game, we’ve played three regular-season games and in this particular game, late-game we went to El. It was him in middle pick-and-roll to try to get to the basket.”
Ellis has quickly earned the respect of his teammates thanks to his ability to score and create for others in equal measure.
“I think he can do that any night he wants to,” guard Khalif Battle said. “I mean, our backcourt is really talented. [Davonte Davis], El, Tramon (Mark). And then we’ve got bigs down low that can fill it up just like the guards. I think the biggest thing is just defensively, El did a great job. Proud of him, and he’s going to keep it up.”
“El is tremendously quick,” forward Makhi Mitchell said. “By the time I set the screen, he be gone. I try to do my best of rolling even though I don’t want to get in his way when he’s going to the rack. Tremendous credit to him.
“I like playing with him as a teammate. Eight assists is great. I think he had maybe three rebounds. I think Coach stressed that at the point guard position he needs to get at least one or two rebounds, so I think he overachieved right there. Credit to him.”
In his final season of eligibility, Ellis has found a team and a fanbase that has embraced his talent and style.
“I love to be here and playing in this arena every night,” Ellis said. “This is my last year in college and it couldn’t be any better.”
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