On Wednesday, Denzel Garrison, 33, of Atlantic City and Laquine Demby, 35, of Pleasantville were sentenced for the 2021 murder of 28-year-old Jahmil Greenidge. The court sentenced Garrison to 58 years in New Jersey State Prison. Demby was sentenced to 42 years. In March of this year both men were found guilty by an Atlantic County jury following a two-weeklong trial. The evidence presented at trial showed that Garrison was involved in a minor car accident with Greenidge two months prior to the murder. A dispute over who would pay for the vehicle insurance deductibles led to a feud between the two men. Garrison enlisted the help of his friend Demby to commit the murder.
Pleasantville House Fire
Following a house fire on North Third Street early on Tuesday morning, one individual was admitted to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, according to the Pleasantville Fire Department. The Fire Department said in a news release on Wednesday that when firefighters arrived at the 100 block of North Third at 7:08 a.m. in response to a reported structure fire, they discovered a smoldering fire inside a single-story house.
AI Data Center Grumbling
A complaint has been filed by neighbors against the proprietors of a 2.6 million-square-foot AI data center located at Lincoln and Sheridan avenues because they claim the facility consistently produces disruptive noise that affects the neighborhood. The lawsuit was made public the day before Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled new regulations pertaining to energy use, transparency, community benefit, and employment development for data center construction in the state. About 1,000 residential units owned and run by DataOne USA LLC within a mile of the data center are allegedly equally affected by noise from the facility, according to a complaint filed in federal court by two Vineland homeowners.
Non-Profit Cutbacks
Due to the possibility of state budget cuts, a South Jersey organization that is well-known throughout the world for its work with traumatized, abused, and neglected children and their families is now closing one of two locations and cutting staff by about one-third. The termination of their state support, totaling $1.85 million, in Gov. Mikie Sherrill's proposed budget is the main reason why employees and labor leaders are raising the alarm about cutbacks at Rowan University's Cares Institute.
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