A judge has denied bail for Jamie Lee Komoroski, the 25-year-old accused of killing a bride and injuring the groom when she rammed her speeding car into their golf cart on their wedding day marriage.
Komoroski will remain behind bars pending trial as she faces charges of reckless homicide while driving a vehicle and three counts of driving under the influence causing death or grievous bodily harm.
Komoroski appeared in court via video, sporting a striped jail jumpsuit and looking visibly distraught and uncomfortable as the South Carolina Circuit denied his bail appeal.
Circuit Judge Michael Nettles asked both sides to work to expedite the trial, which is scheduled for March 2024.
If the case is not heard by then, Komoroski can be released on $150,000 bail and placed under house arrest with electronic monitoring.
“This is certainly a very tragic situation for everyone involved,” Nettles said after delivering his ruling.
Komoroski will remain behind bars awaiting trial as she faces charges of reckless homicide while driving a vehicle and three counts of driving under the influence causing death or serious injury.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, is pictured in a photo after the fatal accident when she killed a bride on her wedding night. A judge denied Komoroski bail
She can be seen looking up during a brief break on Tuesday, breathing heavily with a swollen red face, appearing emotional and close to tears.
She looked visibly shaken throughout the procedure.
“She didn’t just kill my child,” Lisa Miller, the bride’s mother, told the court in tears. “She killed us all.”
Komoroski’s attorneys were asking for $100,000 bond on the condition that she participate in a rehabilitation program, remain under her mother’s supervision, and give up access to a vehicle or alcohol.
The defense argued that she was not a danger to the community or a flight risk and pointed to her lack of criminal history and strong family support.
Komoroski has been housed at the Charleston County Detention Center since the morning of April 29, 2023, without bond.
The 25-year-old was three times over the legal drinking limit when she killed 34-year-old Samantha Hutchinson in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Hutchinson and her new husband Aric, 36, were being transported from their wedding reception in the golf cart.
It was reported that Komoroski received special treatment in the Charleston County Jail.
She had in-person visits from her family — a privilege not normally given to inmates — which were arranged by Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano, according to jail call records, obtained by mail. and mail.
Two days after the accident, during a call with her parents, she cried, “Oh my God. I can’t believe this happened to me. … Why me? …I’m going to be here for years and years and years and years.
“I can’t believe this is my life… my whole life is going to be over,” she added.
Miller died and Hutchinson was seriously injured when their golf cart (pictured) rolled over several times and was thrown 100 yards by Komoroski’s Toyota Camry
Hutchinson was left in a wheelchair after suffering two broken legs, multiple facial fractures and a concussion. He is seen here at a beachside memorial for his late wife
In excerpts from recorded visits to prison by family members obtained and published by the Post and Courier, Komoroski is shown crying and moaning “why me?” filled with self-pity and saying his life is over
In a bizarre twist, it emerged that Komoroski’s mother, Traci, was also involved in a fatal car accident
According to Live 5 News, the sheriff’s office has refused further requests for calls from the woman charged with the fatal accident.
Weeks after the sheriff’s office provided the tapes to the newspaper, they said that after the initial publication, “attorneys and other interested parties” feared that similar publications would “interfere with the administration of justice”. , according to Live 5 News.
Komoroski’s blood alcohol level was .261, three times over the limit on the night of April 28, and reportedly told officers responding following the crash: ‘All of a sudden something struck me. struck. I did nothing wrong.’
Driving a rental Toyota Camry, Komoroski was traveling at 65 mph in a 25 mph zone, along a poorly lit residential street around 10:00 p.m. on East Ashley Avenue.
Komoroski’s rear ended a golf cart carrying the bride and groom, causing her to be thrown 100 yards and knocked over multiple times – killing Hutchinson and seriously injuring her new husband.
In a bizarre twist, it emerged that Komoroski’s mother, Traci, was also involved in a fatal car accident
A wrongful death lawsuit that was filed on behalf of the groom, Aric Hutchinson, alleges that Komoroski was intoxicated when she hit the back of their golf cart in Folly Beach at high speed.
