March 6, 2024
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced yesterday, that Marcus Wright, 27, of Beaufort, South Carolina was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of an Edison Speedway employee that occurred on December 20, 2018.
On September 12, 2023, Wright was convicted of the murder of John Bertram, 38, of the Fords section of Woodbridge. Wright was also found guilty of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Olya Quinnam, 26, of Beaufort, South Carolina plead guilty on September 26, 2019, to one count of first-degree armed robbery.
During a 2-week trial that began on September 5, 2023, Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Lynne Seborowski and Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Caitlin Lavery presented evidence and testimony showing that Wright entered the Edison Speedway Gas station on December 20, 2018, and held the up the clerk, John Bertram, with a handgun. Bertram handed the money that was in the register to Wright; after which Wright fired his weapon, killing Bertram. Quinnam accompanied Wright for the robbery but waited outside as Wright entered the store.
The investigation was led by Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Lieutenant David Abromaitis, Lieutenant James Napp, Sergeant Derek Feuerstein, Sergeant Andrew Winter, Detective James Alleva, and Detective Ben Klein; and Lieutenant Loren Long, Detective Nicholas Bayne, and Officer Robert Bertucci of the Edison Police Department.
On March 4, 2024, Superior Court Judge Andrea G. Carter, sentenced Wright to life in prison without parole for the charge of first-degree Murder. Wright was also sentenced to concurrent sentences on the remaining charges of first-degree Felony Murder, second-degree Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, first-degree Armed Robbery, second-degree Unlawful Possession of
a Weapon, and second-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.
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