Atlantic City mayor indicted and accused of asking daughter to retract claims that he abused her

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Atlantic City mayor indicted and accused of asking daughter to retract claims that he abused her

Marty Small Sr. and his wife, the superintendent of public schools in the city, were previously indicted on charges tied to endangering the welfare of their teenage daughter.

Dec. 18, 2024, 8:24 PM EST
By Zoë Richards

The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, was charged with witness tampering this week after he was accused of asking his daughter to “twist up” her previous abuse allegations against him to the police, prosecutors said.

An Atlantic County grand jury indicted Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, on Tuesday, County Prosecutor William Reynolds' office said in a news release .

Small and his wife, La’Quetta Small, the superintendent of Atlantic City Public Schools, were indicted in September on charges tied to endangering the welfare of their teenage daughter. The mayor was also indicted on charges of making terroristic threats and aggravated assault. The couple pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Prosecutors alleged Wednesday that while those charges were pending, Small asked his daughter in September to reverse her previous abuse claims against him, "specifically by asking her to state that she tripped and fell in her room when her head was injured."

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