Two Arrested In Edison Gas Station Murder: Prosecutor

EDISON, NJ — Two people were arrested Thursday in connection to a murder at an Edison gas station at the end of December, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said.

Marcus A. Wright and Olya Quinnam, both 22, from Beaufort, South Carolina, were arrested in their home state. Wright has been charged with first degree murder, according to Carey.

John Bertram, 38, from Fords, was fatally shot around 4 a.m. on Dec. 20 while working at the Speedway Gas Station on Amboy Ave, Carey said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wright is accused of entering the gas station while Quinnam waited outside, Carey said. Wright allegedly held up the store with a handgun; he is accused of shooting Bertram after the victim handed over a cash register drawer with money inside of it.

Both Wright and Quinnam are in South Carolina, awaiting extradition to New Jersey. Wright was also charged with first degree armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Quinnam has been charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and hindering apprehension.

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"My thoughts and prayers, and those of the Edison community, are with the victim's family," said Mayor Thomas Lankey said the day of the murder. "I have confidence in our police department's investigative capabilities – working alongside county prosecutor's detectives – to find and bring the perpetrator of this heinous crime to justice."

The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Loren Long of the Edison Police Department at 732- 248-7531, or Detective David Abromaitis of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at 732-745- 4436.

Mugshot of Wright, provided by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. A photo of Quinnam was not avilable.