Democrat Mayor and Wife Charged over Brutal Abuse of Teen Daughter

Democrat officials continue to lead the world of crime news as media never runs out of their true crime tales. Currently in headlines again is the case of Marty Small Jr., the Democrat mayor of Atlantic City, NJ, and his wife LaQuetta Small – both indicted over child abuse and other criminal charges.

On Monday, Small and LaQuetta were formally indicted with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and additional charges of third-degree terrorist threats as well as third-degree aggravated assault. The victim of Small’s abuse is his own daughter, 16-year-old Jada Small. Media reports about the documented details of the teen’s abuse reveal that she was attacked multiple times, both physically and verbally, starting when she was 15. Citing NBC News, the New York Post wrote:

Marty Small hit his daughter several times in the head with a broom causing her to lose consciousness, investigators revealed to NBC News.

Between the two of them, Mayor Small and his wife beat their daughter hard enough to leave her black and blue. On one occasion, the wife – who is Atlantic City’s superintendent of schools – also used a belt to inflict pain on the girl.

The indictment of Mayor Small and his wife follows the charges of child abuse brought against them in April this year. Back then, the Associated Press reported that Mayor Small and his wife disliked their daughter’s boyfriend and part of her abuse by her parents has been documented in pictures and a video recorded by the girl’s boyfriend.

Responding to the charges against him, Mayor Small told media on Wednesday that he has no plans to step down from his position after the grand jury indictment. He was cited by CBS News as:

“I want to make it clear this has nothing to do with my job as mayor of the great city of Atlantic City, this is a personal family matter.”

Democrat mayors cross the country have a history of all kinds of criminal offenses. In October 2018, the mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Ed Pawlowski was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption. Pawlowski rigged city contracts to raise money for his political campaigns. In 2020, Catherine Elizabeth Pugh, the mayor of Baltimore (MD), was sentenced to three years in prison for wire fraud and tax evasion. But she was released early from prison in 2022 and placed under supervision. Last year, Patrick Wojahn – a gay Democrat who served as the mayor of College Park (MD) – was sentenced to 30 years in prison for distribution of child pornography. And in July last year, the Democrat mayor of South Fulton (GA) Khalid Kamau was arrested on charges of criminal trespass and burglary in the first degree.