Democrat Mayor has been arrested for abusing his child, then he makes it worse

Atlantic City, NJ mayor Marty Small Jr and his wife, city school superintendent, La'Quetta Small were arrested in October (of 2024) on charges of abusing their daughter. Early December, both were accused of tampering with a witness by trying to get her to have the charges dropped. One has to wonder how much of their jobs are getting done while all this is going. Then again, they may need to resign at this point to just deal with the now 2 court cases.

In a city known for the mafia, gambling, and a reality TV show, even this seems a little bit more drama than most would want from these two important positions. It also is probably going to sink the abuse case by trying to get their daughter to change her stance. The even sadder part is, this could end up causing him to be investigated and lead to a TV movie or something similar.

Abuse Charges

Here, via Channel 10 Philadelphia, is what happened when the couple were arrested for abuse.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-wife-plead-not-guilty-to-beating-their-daughter/3994730/

The mayor of Atlantic City and his wife, who is the Jersey Shore gambling resort's schools superintendent, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of beating and abusing their teenage daughter, with a lawyer saying that “parenting struggles are not criminal events.”

Mayor Marty Small Sr. and La’Quetta Small -- who oversee a half-billion dollars in taxpayer money -- were indicted last month on child endangerment and other charges. Prosecutors said both parents hit and emotionally abused the girl, who was 15 to 16 years old, in December and January, at least once to the point of unconsciousness.

Both are charged with child endangerment, and Marty Small, 50, is also charged with assault and terroristic threats. Small has denied the charges on behalf of himself and his wife, calling them a private family matter that did not constitute a crime.

Small, a Democrat, and his wife did not speak in court or outside afterward. The mayor's lawyer, Ed Jacobs, issued a statement calling the couple “entirely innocent" parents targeted by prosecutors for their prominent public roles.

Their indictment Sept. 17 came less than a week after the principal of Atlantic City High School was charged with counts stemming from the same case. Constance Days-Chapman is accused of failing to report the abuse allegations to state child welfare authorities. She is a close friend of the Smalls, and La’Quetta Small is her boss.

According to the indictment, in December the girl, who was 15 at the time, told Days-Chapman she was suffering headaches from beatings by her parents. But instead of telling authorities, the indictment says, Days-Chapman instead told the Smalls.

Her lawyer says she is innocent, and she pleaded not guilty at a court appearance last week.

Prosecutors filed court documents in April saying the Smalls disapproved of their daughter’s boyfriend, who secretly used a video chat to record an alleged instance of the mayor physically and verbally assaulting the girl.

An affidavit from prosecutors says the girl at one point acknowledged making up the accusations because she was angry her parents wouldn’t let her go out with friends. But in other sections, the document includes detailed claims by the girl that the abuse was real, and it said she photographed bruises and sent them to her boyfriend, who shared them with detectives.

The office of prosecutor William Reynolds cited evidence including recordings of interactions between the girl and her parents; her statements to police, school workers, a therapist and state child welfare investigators; and messages she sent to friends saying she did not feel safe at home.

Witness Tampering

Here, via the Courier Post, is what happened recently.

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2024/12/20/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-sr-new-charge-of-witness-tampering/77069515007/

A new indictment charges Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. with witness tampering in a case involving alleged mistreatment of his daughter.

Small, 50, and his wife, the city's school superintendent, were indicted in September for allegedly endangering the welfare of a child. The mayor also was accused of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats.

The new indictment claims Small asked his daughter to "twist up" her previous statement to police about alleged abuse by her parents, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.

Small asked the girl to change her story as a favor when criminal charges were pending against him in September, the prosecutor's office alleged in a statement Wednesday.

It said the mayor wanted his daughter to say she injured her head by tripping and falling in her room.

That would provide an alternate version of a January 2024 incident, when Small allegedly hit his daughter in the head several times with a broom, causing her to lose consciousness.

The mayor and his wife, La'Quetta Small, denied the original charges at an April press conference attended by their daughter and son.

The mayor's attorney, Edwin Jacobs, said in September that the couple "ultimately will be completely exonerated." He accused the prosecutor's office of "meddling in the personal private affairs' of the Small family.

Looks like there is a new drama in Atlantic City to watch on the small screen.

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