Seman, accused of triple murder/arson, complains of jail mistreatment

YOUNGSTOWN

The man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and her grandparents in a March 2015 arson complained Monday during a pretrial hearing to Judge Maureen Sweeney about his treatment at the Mahoning County jail.

But Sheriff Jerry Greene, who runs the jail, said that special protocols have been devised to ensure that Robert Seman, 47, of West Calla Road in Green, is treated properly.

“Since Mr. Seman has been in our facility, he has been a chronic complainer in our jail,” Greene said. “We continue to work with the court and keep in contact with them to make sure that he is treated properly.”

Seman, who could face the death penalty if convicted of the deaths of 10-year-old Corrine Gump and her grandparents, William and Judith Schmidt, March 30 in their Powers Way home, did not get specific about the complaints, but he did say that corrections officers tamper with his legal documents and do not respond to his formal complaints.

“They don’t ever respond,” Seman told the judge during the hearing in common pleas court.

Greene said each complaint Seman has made has been investigated, and they have all been unfounded.

Seman is to go on trial for the murders in September. He is accused of raping the girl and was on house arrest after posting $200,000 bond. The fire was started the day jury selection in his case was to begin.

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