SUPERIOR Court Judge Kenneth L. Govendo sentenced Jeremias P. Seman to one-year imprisonment, all suspended except for six months for assault and battery (domestic violence).
Seman, 41, will serve the sentence day after day without the possibility of parole, work release, weekend release, or other similar programs. He was given 17 days credit for time already served.
Seman was also sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court, but all suspended.
Judge Govendo ordered Seman to report to the Department of Corrections and begin his incarceration on April 21, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Seman will be released on Oct. 6, 2025, at 8 a.m.
As Seman was found to be indigent, he will pay no fine.
After serving his sentence, he will be placed under supervised probation for three years. As part of the terms and conditions of his supervised probation, Seman will pay a probation fee of $360.
He is prohibited from contacting the victim and must undergo evaluation at the Community Guidance Center for mental health, drug, and alcohol treatment.
On April 21, 2025, Seman pled guilty to the charges of assault and battery (domestic violence), as charged in Count I, and contempt, as charged in Count II.
Initially, he was also charged with disturbing the peace.
According to the information against Seman: “On March 21, 2024, defendant unlawfully struck, beat, wounded, or otherwise caused harm to the victim (a household member), to wit: defendant punched victim’s head and face, pulled her hair, banged her head against the wall, and squeezed her neck, with his hands.”
Moreover, “on March 21, 2024, defendant, while subject to a temporary restraining order…unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully refused or failed to comply with the lawful order of the court, to wit: defendant went inside the victim’s residence, talked to her, and struck her with his hands, failing to stay away from [the victim] and making direct contact with [her] in violation of 6 CMC § 1464 (a) and made punishable by 6 CMC § 1464 (b)….”
