LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after an investigation by his office’s Public Integrity Unit led to the arrest of Melissa Ann Anthony-Ratliff, 36, a former employee of the city of Alexander, in Memphis, Tennessee:
“I commend the agents in my office’s Public Integrity Unit who worked diligently to investigate this case. Corruption in any form is reprehensible, but violating the trust that Arkansans have in public servants is particularly egregious.”
Anthony-Ratliff’s arrest came after Public Integrity Unit agents and staff at Arkansas Legislative Audit conducted a financial review showing that, in 2021 and 2022, she claimed to have worked many more hours than she actually did. Those false claims led to her being paid more than twice her annual salary over those years.
Anthony-Ratliff was arrested on July 25 and charged with theft of property, a class B felony. She was extradited from Memphis to Pulaski County, where she is currently incarcerated at the Pulaski County Jail being held on a $10,000 bond.
