Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife La’Quetta Small were indicted on child endangerment on Sept. 17, 2024.
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife La’Quetta Small were indicted on a child endangerment charge on Sept. 17, 2024Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions.Marty Small also was charged with assault and making terroristic threats.
"During one incident, on January 13, 2024, Marty Small, Sr. is alleged to have hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom causing her to lose consciousness. Another incident on January 3, 2024, 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. Another incident involved Marty Small, Sr.
An affidavit filed in the spring by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office says the girl at one point acknowledged making up the accusations against her parents because she was angry they wouldn’t let her go out with friends. Jacobs said that Small is an upstanding citizen and will ultimately be proven innocent of the charges.Prosecutor's have yet to reveal next steps in the case.“We've all seen news accounts of what's going on with myself personally,” the Democratic mayor said in a speech at the Hard Rock casino. “It's just that: personal.
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