Atlantic City mayor and schools superintendent wife accused of beating teen daughter unconscious with broom
The Atlantic City mayor and his wife have been charged with abuse of their teen daughter after allegedly beating her unconscious with a broom, a report said.
Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and his wife La’Quetta, 47, were charged Monday with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.
Marty Small is also charged with third-degree terrorist threats and third-degree aggravated assault. And the pair have also been slapped with a disorderly persons’ simple assault charge.
La’Quetta Small is the superintendent of the Atlantic City Public Schools.
The teen, who has not been named, was allegedly abused on multiple occasions between December 2023 and January 2024 when she was 15 and 16.
Marty Small hit his daughter several times in the head with a broom causing her to lose consciousness, investigators revealed to NBC News.
In another incident — while the 50-year-old mayor was arguing with his daughter — he threatened to hurt her by “earth slamming” her down the stairs, grabbing her head, throwing her to the ground, and smacking the weave off her head, investigators added.
Officials also revealed that Marty Small had repeatedly punched his daughter in the legs causing bruising. La’Quetta Small was accused of punching her daughter multiple times in the chest also leaving her black and blue.
During another incident the school superintendent dragged her daughter by the hair and struck her with a belt on her shoulders leaving marks, investigators said. She also allegedly punched her daughter in the mouth during a separate argument.
Atlantic City’s spokesperson on Monday also declined to comment directing all questions to the mayor’s attorney.
The Post reached out for comment but did not immediately hear back.
In a post to Facebook on Monday night Small put up a picture of himself with multiple hashtags including #teamsmall #unbothered #2sides.
It also included the hashtag #eddijacobstalksforme referring to Small’s attorney and ending on the Mayor’s slogan #canwesaygreatday.
The mayor’s home was searched on March 28 and on April 1 his wife and their daughter attended an Atlantic City news conference in which the mayor said he has “nothing to hide.”
