"I thought criminals could fly!"
Posted on 04/11/2017 7:58:15 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
An Ohio man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl and setting a fire that killed her and her grandparents jumped to his death from a fourth-floor courthouse balcony on Monday before he could face trial, reports say.
Robert Seman Jr., 48, was walking through the Mahoning County Courthouse with police in Youngstown after a pre-trial hearing when he quickly ran from the officers and jumped over a banister at around 9:30 a.m., WKBN reports.
“I saw a deputy at the railing, and I saw this white object falling to the ground,” a reporter at the scene, Joe Gorman, told WKBN. “I knew what it was, and I just screamed.”
Footage obtained by WLS-TV showed Seman Jr. wearing tan pants and a white shirt as he calmly walked alongside officers. Soon, he is shown running from the police and climbing over the banister.
Seman Jr. died just one day before jury selection was set to begin on his triple murder trial, the Associated Press reports. He was accused of raping 10-year-old Corinne Gump then setting the March 2015 fire that killed Gump and her grandparents, William, 63, and Judith Smith, 61, at their home.
The blaze occurred the day Seman Jr. was set the day the man’s rape trial was set to begin in Youngstown, the AP reports. Prosecutors said that burns were found on the man’s body at the time of his arrest.
Many were surprised at Seman Jr.’s act on Monday, with Sheriff Jerry Green saying that the man looked to be in “pretty good spirits.”
“He was talking about the future of his trial, and he just decided to jump.”
Lisa Cappitti, Gump’s stepmother, told the Youngstown Vindicator that the family doesn’t “know how to feel” as a result of Seman Jr.’s death.
“It’s sad,” she said. “There’s no justice at all.”
However, one of the Schmidt’s neighbors held a different sentiment.
“I hollered, Hallelujah!’ ” Jean McCammond told the publication. “Lucifer is digesting the weirdest, meanest soul that was ever on earth.”
All pedos should be given this opportunity.
That Demand guy was a real deek.
That Seman guy was a dick. There, fixed it.
Barring a miracle, and if he’s unrepentant for his crimes, it’s likely he felt the worst terror anyone can imagine a few seconds after he died.
The guy had a good plan which he executed flawlessly. It’s a pity that more perv criminals don’t make similar choices.
All courthouses should have high balconies with low railings
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And offer evil thugs like this plenty of opportunity to see if they can fly.
Oh how horrible. They’re going to need a mop. I hope he didn’t damage the floor.
Some problems fix themselves.
Someone must have thrown that sentence over a banister and it landed badly.
Possessed?
Agree. Court officers fail. Court layout fail. He could have killed an innocent below, or grabbed and taken an innocent down with him. There were very lucky people there at that moment. Hopefully it was a strong learning moment for that court.
Perhaps no justice from men, but he is now before God’s justice.
If he was guilty of such crime, then the family should be happy? I mean... he did give himself a death sentence which was probably a lot more than the court would have given him. Even if he had got a death sentence, he would have sat in jail for 10-30 years on death row....
There was a time where we gave speedy trails and executions.
Its a win win.
Absolutely un-f*cking believable. At the absolute most that ‘courtesy’ should extend to piddlecrap nonviolent charges that are barely worth the taxpayer dollars and police time to haul the perps in.
But if you’re charged with kiddy-fiddling and MURDER? Cuffs, chains, ‘suit of honor’ and a cop on each arm, boyo!!! “Prejudice the jury”, Lord save us from such insanity...
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