Serial Burglar Sentenced Following Morristown Break-Ins, Sex Assault

MORRISTOWN, NJ — A man who broke into several Morristown homes and sexually assaulted a tenant who had just returned to one of them was sentenced to more than two decades in state prison, according to officials.

Brian K. Session, 53, formerly of Jersey City, was sentenced on July 6 to 23 years in New Jersey State Prison.

Specifically, Session was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for first-degree aggravated sexual assault, parole supervision for life and Megan’s Law, with a consecutive sentence of five years in state prison with 2.5 years of parole ineligibility for five counts of burglary.

Session was originally charged with 30 counts, including burglary, theft, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault.

According to a statement from the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, he pleaded guilty on Sept. 29, 2022, one day before opening statements were set to begin.

At that time, according to the office, Session admitted to breaking into five different Morristown apartments between November and December 2017 in order to steal items from them.

He also admitted to breaking into a sixth apartment in town on Jan. 18, 2018, and that the tenant who lived there returned home while he was doing so, according to investigators.

The tenant claimed that she was physically assaulted, bound, and sexually assaulted against her will. Session admitted sexually assaulting the victim during the burglary at the time of his plea.

On March 9, 2023, Session filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and a lack of time to review the evidence in the case. However, the State opposed the motion, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said.

According to authorities, a judge also rejected the request on Thursday, stating that Session's arguments "defied credibility" in light of the evidence in the record and that granting the defendant's motion would not be in the best interests of justice.