there are bombshell charges tonight against Atlantic City Mayor Marty small and his wife the Atlantic County prosecutor's office is charging the couple with physically and emotionally abusing their teenage daughter stemming from incidents that allegedly happened in December 2023 and January of this year according to authorities the mayor and his wife La'Quetta Small who's also the superintendent of Atlantic City public schools are accused of second degree endangering the w Fair of a child the mayor was additionally charged with making terroristic threats third deegree aggravated assault and disorderly person's simple assault his wife was charged with three separate accounts of disorderly person simple assault according to investigators Marty small allegedly hit his daughter in the head with a broom knocking her unconscious both he and his wife are accused of punching their daughter among other alleged abuses during arguments just two weeks ago mayor small held a press conference along with his wife and daughter who were both present to dispute rumors of these allegations but they didn't take questions from reporters