Atlantic City’s superintendent claimed a handicap placard was hers when she parked in a spot at Absecon’s Home Depot last month, video from the incident shows.
But she eventually told police it was registered to her mother, who was not with her that day.
Dr. La'Quetta Small is due in municipal court next month on the ticket.
Audio of the 911 call the brought police to the scene May 31, along with video from the two responding officers' body-worn cameras along were released to BreakingAC as part of an Open Public Records Request.
“I’d like to report a vehicle parked, taking up two handicap spots at the Home Depot,” John Exadaktilos says in the 911 call.
The owner of Atlantic City’s Ducktown Tavern knows the black Chevy Tahoe belongs to Small.
The city-issued vehicle is part of her contract as schools superintendent.
Her husband, Mayor Marty Small, also has a city-issued vehicle.
Some people claim Exadaktilos is targeting the Smalls, who often are the focus of a show he regularly posts on Facebook Live.
When police arrived at the Home Depot that day, Exadaktilos called out that he wants to sign the ticket.
“I wanna autograph that mother(expletive),” he says.
Special Law Enforcement II Officer Matt Hartman and Officer Ben Masino walk around the vehicle, noting that there is a handicap placard displayed in the window.
“That’s La’Quetta and she’s not handicap,” Exadaktilos says.
Hartman does note that the vehicle is “obnoxiously parked,” as it hangs over the blue-crossed area meant to allow for the vehicle parked in the next handicap spot.
If a wheelchair-accessible vehicle would park in the next spot, it would not have room to utilize the ramp, he and Masino agree.
“The handicap placards are not per vehicle, they’re per person,” Hartman says.
When Small arrives, she acknowledges she parked over the line, saying it was because the person that was parked in the next spot over was too close.
She later mentions that she wishes whoever called 911 on her had called on them.
“Is that handicap placard for you?” Hartman asks her.
“Yes,” she replies. “OK?”
But as she walks away, Hartman asks if she has the identification that shows it’s registered in her name, so he “can make sure.”
“So you can make sure?” she asks.
“Yes, because I need to make sure,” he replies. “I’m just trying to cover all our bases and then we’ll be on our way.”
Small says she does not have any registration with her. She repeats the same thing to someone who calls on the phone.
“The registration for my personal vehicle is in Cherry Hill in the Range Rover,” she tells the person on the other end. “I can’t get a break.
“Well, I’ll get it from my mother,” Small says as she hangs up.
Hartman gives her his work email, saying she can send him a picture of the document when she gets it.
“It would be in my mother’s name cause she’s the handicap individual which I transport her,” she says. “She doesn’t drive.”
“Just do me a favor,” Hartman replies. “In the future, if you’re going to use the tag and park in a handicap spot, make sure she’s with you. If the tag is registered to her, it’s for use when she is in the car.”
Another shopper then takes Masino aside, saying he should ask for Small’s receipt because she did not see her pay.
But police were able to verify that Small pay.
She later got a ticket for parking.
"I GOT TIME TODAY!!" he wrote in all caps.
He then accuses people of obsession and stalking.
"Ima park where i want just like every Governor, Mayor, Council Person (When they had cars) as long as it's not near a fire hydrant," he wrote. "You idiots are miserable outta town people who mean absolutely nothing to us here in Atlantic City."
He then harkened back to the mantra of his State of the City Address: "Ain't no stopping us now."
"In the immortal words of Jeezy ... some say I lucked up, I call it perfect timing.":
