Atlantic City Mayor & Wife Indicted For Alleged Abuse To Daughter

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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr and his wife La’Quetta have been indicted on many charges.

On Wednesday (Sept 18) the Small’s were charged with child endangerment and more for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions. Marty small was also charged with assault and making terroristic threats.

His wife La’Quetta is the Atlantic City superintendent of the schools. Both parents physically and emotionally abused their teenage daughter who happens to only be 16 years old. The Small’s lawyer, Ed Jacobs, told the courts that he thinks the both are good parents and their private family matters should not be presented to the public.

Prosecutors said that in Jan 13, 2024, Marty Small Sr hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom, causing her to lose consciousness. Ten days prior, Small got into an argument with his daughter, resulting in him throwing her to the ground and threatened to throw her down a flight of stairs. He is also accused of punching his daughter repeatedly in the legs, causing her to bruise.

His wife La’Quetta is accused of punching her daughter multiple times in the chest, which also left bruising. She is also accused of dragging her daughter by the hair and beating her with a belt on her shoulders and punching her daughter in the mouth.

The indictment of the Small family came less than a week later after the principle of Atlantic City High School was indicted in a case stemming from the Small indictments.

The high school principle, Constance Days-Chapman, was indicted on official misconduct, child endangerment, and other charges due to not reporting the alleged abuse that was happening to the Smalls’ daughter. It is required by law to report any type of endangerment to the states child welfare authorities if there is signs of abuse. According to the indictment, the Smalls’ daughter told the school principle that she was suffering from continuous headaches from being beaten by her parents.

Days-Chapman is known to be a close friend to Marty Small, and works under the leadership of La’Quetta Small. Therefore, instead of telling the welfare authorities, she just told the Smalls’ family. 

The case is still developing.