Atlantic City mayor, wife indicted for allegedly beating and abusing their teenage daughter

The New York Post ^ | 09/18/2024 | Staff

[thegagline]

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said the indictment was made Tuesday by a grand jury that accused the couple of child endangerment. Marty Small also was charged with assault and making terroristic threats.

Prosecutors said both parents hit and emotionally abused the girl, who was 15 to 16 years old, on multiple occasions in December and January.

“This indictment has absolutely nothing to do with Marty Small’s tenure as mayor of Atlantic City,” said his lawyer, Ed Jacobs. “There’s no charge of corruption or any official misconduct. Marty and La’Quetta Small don’t need the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office meddling into a private family matter.”

“Marty and La’Quetta are a good mom and dad raising a teenage child,” he said. “They are totally innocent and will be totally exonerated.” Prosecutors said that on Jan. 13, 2024, Marty Small Sr. hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom, causing her to lose consciousness.

Ten days earlier, they said, Small engaged in an argument with his daughter, grabbing her head and throwing her to the ground, and threatening to throw her down a flight of stairs.

He threatened to “smack the weave out” of her head during the incident, according to prosecutors.

The 50-year-old Democratic mayor also is accused of punching his daughter repeatedly in the legs, causing bruising.

La’Quetta Small, 47, is accused of punching her daughter multiple times on the chest, leaving bruising. In another alleged incident, she is accused of dragging her daughter by the hair and striking her with a belt on her shoulders, leaving marks.

[thegagline]

“Smack the Weave Out” was the little known followup single to Prodigy’s “Smack my B@tch Up.”

I had to dig for the good mayor’s prolific prior record:

1993- Arrested for manufacturing and distributing Heroin and Cocaine in a school zone. 2nd Degree charge 5 year minimum jail sentence if convicted. Case number 93002746

1993- Arrested distribution of cocaine in a school zone 3rd degree charge. Case number 93002746

1993- Arrested possession of cocaine in a school zone. 3rd degree. Case number 93002746

1998- Arrested Assault. Case number 99000618

1998-Arrested disorderly person. Case number 99000618

2005- Arrested Arson. (While a sitting city Councilman) Case number 05003729

2005- Arrested Assault.(domestic violence while sitting councilman) Beat fiancée with crutch in Hamilton Township

2005- indicted Perjury. Case number 8981798

2005- Indicted Tampering with public use of files with purpose to defraud. Case 05004887

2006- lndicted unlawful election registration. Case 05004887

2009- lndicted election fraud. Docket number- 09-09-00184-S

2009- lndicted absentee ballot fraud. Docket number- 09-09-00184-S

2009- lndicted Falsifying public records. Docket number- 09-09-00184-S

2009- lndicted Tampering with public records. Docket number- 09-09- 00184-S

2009-lndicted forgery. Docket- 09-09-00184-S2009- Indicted Hindering Prosecution. Docket- 09-09-00184-S

In case there is some lingering doubt

[V_TWIN]

She looks like a bigger gangster than he does

[metmom]

They elected THAT??????????

[V_TWIN]

his wife, La’Quetta

[metmom]

Prosecutors said both parents hit and emotionally abused the girl, who was 15 to 16 years old, on multiple occasions in December and January.

It wasn't just confined to those two months.

Abusers abuse as long as they can get away with it.

And I don't believe it was the first time, nor that they are good parents and innocent.

[V_TWIN]

Well, this works out great.....P Diddy needs a bunkie.

[1Old Pro]

at least he’s wearing his best sweatpants.

[NEMDF]

With that arrest record, then being elected...... Maybe DJT has a chance in GA.

[Red Badger]

La’Quetta..................

He shoulda Quetta while he was ahead.................

[hanamizu]

Marty and La’Quetta Small don’t need the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office meddling into a private family matter.”

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So beating your daughter unconscious with a broom is a ‘private family matter’. Got to love defense attorneys.

[ken in texas]

And she’s the city’s superintendent of schools? Looks more like a street-walker.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[BigEdLB]

The 50-year-old Democratic mayor . . .

And? Ho hum... nothing new to see...

[V_TWIN]

She looks like she’s kicked more than a few dudes asses. 😏

[V_TWIN]

“Looks more like a street-walker”

Enforcer is more likely.

[thegagline]

With that arrest record, then being elected...... Maybe DJT has a chance in GA.

Good one! Trump also took a bullet to the head and dodged at least two assassination attempts. Some would say, “He’s a gangsta” which is a good thing.

[Ezekiel]

La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools... indicted on child endangerment and other charges...

[Steve_Seattle]

Regarding the pic: “La’Quetta fits the stereotype. Suprazz, suprazz.

[Steve_Seattle]

"And she’s the city’s superintendent of schools? Looks more like a street-walker."

Bingo.

[ladyjane]

Unfortunately apples don’t fall far from the tree. The kid may be a liar. What better way to get back at a superintend of schools and the mayor.