<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0ZvujU_0vaw4uGH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0ZvujU_0vaw4uGH00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Erin Vogt</figcaption></figure><h2>🔴 Mayor and schools superintendent wife indicted</h2><h2>🔴 Power couple accused of abusing teen</h2><h2>🔴 Both deny allegations</h2><p><b>ATLANTIC CITY — The mayor of and his wife — who is the superintendent of the city school district — have been indicted on</b> <a href="https://nj1015.com/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-wife-schools-superintendent-wife-laquetta-small-arrests/">charges of child abuse</a><b>, months after their arrests in a case that also ensnared a school principal.</b></p><p><a href="https://nj1015.com/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-wife-schools-superintendent-wife-laquetta-small-arrests/">Marty Small Sr. and 47-year-old La’Quetta Small</a> were both indicted with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The 50-year-old mayor was also indicted with third-degree counts of terroristic threats and aggravated assault.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2TwHJb_0vaw4uGH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2TwHJb_0vaw4uGH00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Atlantic City HS (Google Maps, Canva, Townsquare Media Illustration)</figcaption></figure><p>The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has said that the incidents of abuse involving the now 16-year-old girl happened between December 2023 and January 2024.</p><p>Their daughter told police she had been punched, hit and struck repeatedly by her parents — once to the point of losing consciousness.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4IXRGW_0vaw4uGH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4IXRGW_0vaw4uGH00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Photo via cityofatlanticcity.org</figcaption></figure><p><b>Alleged abuse of the teen includes:</b></p><p>🔺 Being hit in the head with a broom until losing consciousness</p><p>🔺 Threats of being “earth slammed” down the stairs, head grabbed and thrown to the ground, having hair extensions smacked loose</p><p>🔺Repeated punches in the legs and chest, causing bruises</p><p>🔺 Being punched in the mouth during an argument</p><p>🔺Being dragged by her hair and hit with a belt, leaving marks</p><p>Atlantic City HS Principal Constance Days-Chapman (Atlantic City HS (Google Maps, Canva, Townsquare Media Illustration)</p><p>Atlantic City High School, Principal Constance Days-Chapman (ACBOE.org, Google Maps, Townsquare Media Illustration)</p><p>In a related case, the 39-year-old <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-atlantic-city-principal-indicted-charges-failing-report-child-abuse-constance-days-chapman/">principal of Atlantic City High School was indicted</a> on charges of repeatedly failing to report a student’s abuse at home.</p><p>Officials have said <a href="https://nj1015.com/nj-atlantic-city-principal-indicted-charges-failing-report-child-abuse-constance-days-chapman/">Constance Days-Chapman</a> met with the parents — revealed as Marty Small Sr. and La’Quetta Small — as part of a cover-up.</p><p>Anyone with potential information was asked to call the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7800 or go to the Prosecutor’s Office’s Website at ACPO.</p><p>Any concerned person can report suspicions of child abuse or neglect by calling their local police department or call the Child Abuse Hotline at 877-NJ-ABUSE / 877-652-2873.</p><p>New Jersey 101.5 has a policy to not identify domestic violence victims or juveniles, including by revealing their relationship to a criminal defendant, but the high-profile positions of an elected city leader and a public school superintendent make that difficult in this case.</p><p>After law enforcement descended on the couple's home in April, the mayor brought his children before cameras in a news conference to protest his innocence.</p><p><a href="mailto:trenton.dme@townsquaremedia.com?subject=Feedback%20or%20correction">Report a correction</a> <i>👈 | 👉</i> <a href="https://nj1015.com/contact-nj-1015-newsroom/">Contact our newsroom</a></p><h2>LOOK: Fastest-growing jobs in New Jersey</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/new-jersey/fastest-growing-jobs-new-jersey">Stacker</a> analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine which jobs in New Jersey grew the fastest between 2022 and 2023.</p><h2>LOOK: Best counties to retire to in New Jersey</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/new-jersey/best-counties-retire-new-jersey">Stacker</a> compiled a list of the best counties to retire in New Jersey using data from Niche.</p><h2>These NJ town are getting poorer</h2><p>In these 20 municipalities in New Jersey, the median household income has decreased or grown the least in a decade. 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ATLANTIC CITY — The mayor of and his wife — who is the superintendent of the city school district — have been indicted on charges of child abuse, months after their arrests in a case that also ensnared a school principal. Marty Small Sr. and 47-year-old La’Quetta...