Atlantic City, NJ Mayor Faces New Witness Tampering Charges

The Atlantic County, New Jersey Prosecutor’s Office has criminally charged Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small with Witness Tampering, involving his minor aged Daughter.

This is how the criminal charge document against Marty Small begins:

WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS COURT, ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 15, 2024, IN THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY, BELIEVING THAT AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION WAS PENDING OR ABOUT TO BE INSTITUTED, KNOWLINGLY ENGAGED IN CONDUCT WHICH A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD BELIEVE WOULD CAUSE A WITNESS TO TESTIFY OR INFORM FALSELY BY ASKING HIS JUVENILE DAUGHTER, J . S . , TO DO HIM A FAVOR AND "TWIST UP" THE STORY SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD POLICE ABOUT ALLEGED ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SHE MADE AGAINST HIM SPECIFICALLY BY ASKING HER TO STATE THAT SHE TRIPPED AND FELL IN HER ROOM WHEN HER HEAD WAS INJURED.

Small, along with his wife, La’Quetta Small have been previously indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury with the following criminal charges that were previously released by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office as follows:

NOTE: The charges below are deeply disturbing in nature:

On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Marty Small, Sr., 50, and his wife, La Quetta Small, 47, of Atlantic City, NJ were both indicted for second-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Marty Small, Sr. was also indicted for third-degree Terroristic Threats, and third-degree Aggravated Assault. It is alleged that during the months of December 2023 and January 2024, the defendants physically and emotionally abused their 15/16-year-old-daughter on multiple occasions. During one incident, on January 13, 2024, Marty Small, Sr. is alleged to have hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom causing her to lose consciousness. Another incident on January 3, 2024, alleged that Marty Small, Sr., during an argument with his daughter, continuously threatened to hurt her by "earth slamming" her down the stairs, grabbing her head and throwing her to the ground, and smacking the weave out of her head. Another incident involved Marty Small, Sr. punching his daughter repeatedly in her legs causing bruising. It is alleged that La'Quetta Small, during one incident, punched her daughter multiple times on her chest leaving bruising. Another incident alleged that La'Quetta Small dragged her daughter by her hair then struck her with a belt on her shoulders leaving marks. Another incident alleged that La'Quetta Small punched her daughter in the mouth during an argument, said The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

I filed an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request to obtain the criminal charging document.

Below, please find the 7 page charging documents.

If past is prologue, you can expect the Atlantic County prosecutor’s office to seek an Atlantic County grand jury criminal indictment … a process that should follow in short order.

ACPO documents.