According to MARCH 18, 2026 Tort Claim Notice filed by the Atlantic County Prosecutor, Will Reynolds is alleging a coordinated campaign by County and City officials to dismantle his office and end his career.
Claim provides series of grievances involving political interference, defamation, and use of financial pressure to obstruct Prosecutor’s independent authority following acquittal of Atlantic City Mayor, Marty Small.
By detailing specific instances of coordinated intimidation and damage to professional reputation, the tort notice fulfills a statutory requirement under New Jersey Tort Claims Act to warn the government of impending litigation.
Purpose of this correspondence is to preserve claimant’s right to seek damages while demanding immediate preservation of all related evidence.
Man tasked with upholding law claims those holding purse strings breaking law to stop him.
Budget As Tactical Weapon
Reynolds alleges County officials like Denny Levinson, etc., did not merely manage his budget; they weaponized it.
This isn’t a standard dispute over line items. Instead, claim describes calculated efforts to exert financial pressure on the Prosecutor to influence handling of specific criminal cases—most notably those involving Atlantic City School Superintendent La’Quetta Small and Principal Constance Days-Chapman. (Both are ‘Mandatory Reporters‘)
Pressure wasn’t subtle. Claim alleges: officials made targeted requests for information concerning expenditures, surveillance costs, and other case-specific investigative activities to signal their displeasure and force a retreat. This is a fundamental breach of the separation of powers.
Filing accuses officials of “weaponizing governmental funding authority in an effort to coerce and improperly influence prosecutorial discretion” in active criminal matters.
Post-Acquittal Conspiracy Timeline
The filed documents point to December 19, 2025, exactly one day after a jury acquitted Marty Small of child abuse and witness tampering charges.
Claimant Reynolds alleges that soon after the verdict, a ‘coordinated and unlawful campaign’ was launched to defame, discredit, and undermine the lawful operations of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Retaliatian
It frames subsequent administrative inquiries and demands for a State Attorney General investigation not as genuine oversight, but as an ambush designed to punish the Prosecutor for his official trial efforts.
Intimidation
Claim details a ‘shadow network’ of outside parties allegedly working in tandem with public officials to intimidate the Prosecutor. Documents name defense counsel and political associates.
According to filing, Frank Barbera and Joe Jacobs (no relation to Ed Jacobs) frequented hit-n-run criminal trial of Joe Jacobs’ son; Harris Jacobs. (found guilty but pardoned by NJ Gov Murphy).
It was during this trial that Frank Barbera allegedly leveled overt threats, relaying to third parties that Prosecutor’s tenure was nearing an end.
Public Defamation
Using Talk Radio to erode public confidence. Claim alleges County Exec Denny Levinson and Marty Small utilized radio and other media platforms to wage a war of words against Reynolds.
Claim asserts Marty Small conducted press conferences where he made statements he knew to be false, specifically asserting that prosecutions of his associates were “politically and/or racially motivated.”
By framing legitimate law enforcement actions as bigoted or partisan, these officials allegedly sought to incite public distrust.
Price Tag of Professional Harm
Interference with official duties.
By seeking punitive damages, Reynolds is signaling that the lawsuit is intended to punish establishment for what he views as a bad-faith effort to obstruct criminal justice process.
Reynolds Tort Claim paints disturbing picture of legal system under siege from within.
Institutional Integrity
Can independent law enforcement survive in the face of concentrated political influence?
Can any legal system remain truly independent when its leaders and its budget are subject to the whims of the very people they may be required to investigate?
Teflon Mayor. Marty Small has now survived three jury trials. Two for voter fraud, and one for alleged abuse of his teen daughter.
