Overview

• Mayor Marty Small Sr. of Atlantic City has been indicted on charges of witness tampering for allegedly asking his teenage daughter to retract claims that he physically abused her.
• The indictment alleges Small requested his daughter to change her account of a January 2024 incident, asking her to state that her head injury occurred from a fall rather than being struck by him with a broom.
• Small and his wife, La’Quetta Small, who is the city’s superintendent of schools, were already facing charges of child endangerment and, in the mayor’s case, assault and making terroristic threats.
• Prosecutors claim the couple emotionally and physically abused their daughter on multiple occasions, with some incidents reportedly causing the girl to lose consciousness.
• Small has denied all allegations, calling the case a 'private family matter,' while his attorney criticized the indictment as an overreach by the prosecutor.