Atlantic City Mayor Indicted for Witness Tampering in Abuse Case

Marty Small Sr. is accused of asking his daughter to recant allegations of physical abuse, following earlier charges against him and his wife for child endangerment.

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.