Atlantic City Mayor and His Wife Face Child Endangerment Charges

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and his wife, La’Quetta Small, 47, who is superintendent of Atlantic City public schools, were both charged on April 15 with endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors from Atlantic County, New Jersey, allege that during December 2023 and January 2024, the defendants physically and emotionally abused their 15/16-year-old-daughter on multiple occasions. Marty Small Sr., is alleged to have hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom, causing her to lose consciousness, according to Atlantic County prosecutors. In a press release, they further stated: “Another incident alleged that Marty Small Sr., during an argument with his daughter, continuously threatened to hurt her by ‘earth slamming’ her down the stairs, grabbing her head and throwing her to the ground, and smacking the weave out of her head....