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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Prosecutors seek to drop child abuse charges against Atlantic City schools superintendent

Atlantic City Mayor Child Abuse - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Prosecutors have announced they won't proceed with a child abuse trial against Atlantic City's superintendent of schools, just weeks after her husband — the seaside gambling resort's mayor — was acquitted on similar charges.

Marty Small Sr., 51, and La’Quetta Small, 49, were accused endangering and abusing their teenage daughter. Atlantic City High School principal Constance Days-Chapman also was charged in the case because prosecutors said she failed to report the teen’s abuse claim to state child welfare officials. Both women had pleaded not guilty.

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