Small Waives First Court Appearance On Tampering Charge

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr., accused of allegedly telling his daughter to lie about a previous head injury she sustained just days before he and his wife were indicted in their alleged child abuse case, has waived his first appearance on the new charge. The Press of Atlantic City reports the 50 year old Small is charged with witness tampering. He was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Small allegedly asked his daughter Sept. 15 to “do him a favor and twist up” the story she previously told law enforcement that she had been physicall and mentally abused by her parents.