Charleston County, S.C. - A judge has denied bond for a 25-year-old woman accused of drunkenly slamming her car into a golf cart on Folly Beach in April, killing a newlywed bride still wearing her wedding dress.
Prosecutors say Jamie Lee Komoroski was driving 60 miles an hour with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when she crashed into Samantha Miller, taking her life. Miller’s new husband Aric Hutchinson was seriously injured. The couple had just left their wedding reception.
Komoroski, who appeared in bond court Tuesday by video conferencing, sobbed as her family asked the judge for bail, insisting she is not a danger to the community or a flight risk. They said she was addicted to alcohol and would go to rehab if released.
“She’s a kind, loving person who just needs some help,” said Komoroski’s 24-year-old brother Charles.
But the victim’s family argued Komoroski should remain behind bars.
“She didn’t just kill my daughter. She killed all of us,” said the victim’s mother, Lisa Miller.
Circuit Judge Michael Nettles took a short recess before denying Komoroski bond. He gave prosecutors until the spring of 2024 to bring her case to trial. Otherwise, he said, she can be released on a $150,000 surety bond with electronic monitoring and house arrest.
