Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife are both charged with physically and emotionally abusing their teen daughter, officials announced Monday. Small, a 50-year-old Democrat, and his wife, La’Quetta Small, 47, are charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife La'Quetta Small have been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds said. The mayor has also been charged with terroristic threats, aggravated assault and disorderly persons simple assault.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that Marty Small, Sr., 50, and his wife, La’Quetta Small, 47, were both charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly assaulting their daughter when she was 15 and 16.