A Morristown man accused of bludgeoning another man with a brick and leaving him for dead on the Morristown train station steps last month will stay in jail, a judge decided on Monday after hearing new evidence in the case.
Lamar Harris, 33, was in possession of a sock, jacket and shoe covered in blood when he was taken into custody on March 29 for the killing of Matthew Palla, 60, also of Morristown, according to prosecutors. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office released the victim's name to the Daily Record on Monday.
Harris, who did not speak during the virtual Morris County Superior Court hearing, is charged with murder and robbery. Harris was temporarily homeless and sleeping on a bench at the train station when several people called police at 12:30 a.m. to report finding Palla's body. A brick found nearby had blood on it, records show.