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Jilly_in_VA

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Wed Sep 18, 2024, 05:59 PM Sep 18

Mayor of Atlantic City and his wife are indicted for allegedly beating their daughter

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.

“All people have heard is one side of the story,” Small told The Associated Press. “We look forward to telling our side.”

He said his daughter remains at home with her parents.

“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.”

https://apnews.com/article/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-child-abuse-f6ab2eb6e431c9d7bf9bc7e8cf88eb1a

And they leave the kid at home with them after this?

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Mayor of Atlantic City and his wife are indicted for allegedly beating their daughter (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Sep 18 OP
What? They left her at home? DURHAM D Sep 18 #1
Corruption Jilly_in_VA Sep 18 #2
Still? '...his wife, La'Quetta, the city's superintendent of schools,' cbabe Sep 18 #3
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