Atlantic City Mayor, Wife Charged With Abusing and Assaulting Teenage Daughter

Published on April 16, 2024

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife were charged Monday with abusing and assaulting their teenage daughter on multiple occasions, including hitting her in the head with a broom and knocking her unconscious. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said it filed charges against both parents of endangering the welfare of a child. Marty Small also was charged with making terroristic threats; aggravated assault, and simple assault. La’Quetta Small was additionally charged with three separate counts of simple assault. The prosecutor’s office said in a news release that “the defendants physically and emotionally abused their 15/16-year-old-daughter on multiple occasions” in December 2023 and January 2024....

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