‘Drunk driver’ Jamie Komoroski freed from jail less than a year after killing bride in crash with golf cart minutes after wedding
Accused DUI killer Jamie Komoroski has been granted bail and released from jail less than a year after she plowed her car into a golf cart, destroying a newlywed couple’s lives, The Post has learned.
Komoroski, 26, posted $150,000 bond on Friday and placed under house arrest in Charleston County, South Carolina, with a GPS and Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) ankle monitor, according to jail records and sources close to her case.
A SCRAM bracelet is worn by “DUI and high-risk alcohol clients” and tests the person’s sweat for alcohol 24/7, according to the manufacturer’s site.
According to jail records, Komoroski was released at 3:16 p.m. on Mar. 1.
Komoroski must remain in Charleston County and will only be permitted to leave her approved residence for medical emergencies or court orders, according to court records. She must also surrender her passport, and is not allowed to drive.
A judge previously denied bail to Komoroski, who faces four felony charges in relation to the crash, but ruled she would be allowed out on bond if her trial was not scheduled to start before March.
Charleston County court confirmed to The Post a trial date has not yet been scheduled, but court officials could not explain why.
Komoroski has been held at Al Cannon Detention Center since she allegedly slammed her Toyota into a golf cart carrying Samanth Miller, 34, and her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, 36, as they left their beachside wedding reception at Folly Beach on April 28 last year. She faces up to 25 years in jail if convicted.
Miller’s grieving mother, Lisa Miller, told The Post on Thursday she has campaigned for Komoroski to be on “the most restrictions possible” while on bail.
“I want that to include house arrest, ankle monitoring and not being able to leave the state,” she said, adding that the past year has been “very challenging.”
“We were all expecting she would have been bonded out first time [last summer] but luckily the judge kept her in, I think that was to do with our impact statements.”
Prosecutors have charged Komoroski was three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit and speeding, traveling 65 mph in a 25 mph zone, when she slammed her vehicle into the wedding party as they left the reception.
Miller died at the scene in her wedding dress, her new husband sustained a brain injury and two other passengers were also hurt.
Komoroski was allegedly so intoxicated after the fatal crash she appeared confused, telling responding officers, “All the sudden something hit me,” and repeatedly saying, “I did nothing wrong,” according to the incident report.
Komoroski’s attorney Chris Gramiccioni told The Post on Friday that “Jamie is not a flight risk or danger to the community” and that he was hopeful she would be released later today.
“She now looks forward to demonstrating her continued commitment to rehabilitation upon her pretrial release from detention,” he added.
Komoroski’s defense lawyers previously sought her release on a surety bond, with the condition she would enter a substance abuse rehab program, at her first bond hearing on August 1.
Her defense also cited Komoroski’s lack of prior criminal history and strong family support.
In her impact statement at the hearing, Miller had tearfully told the court Komoroski “didn’t just kill my child”.
“She killed all of us,” she said.
Judge Michael Nettles had ordered Komoroski to remain behind bars until the start of the trial but put in the caveat she could be released on the $150,000 bond if the case was not heard by March.
“We appreciate the court’s decision to release Jamie on bond in March 2024 if the State is not ready for trial, but we nonetheless believe she has met the legal criteria for release today,” Komoroski’s legal team said in a statement at the time.
In May, Komoroski expressed optimism she might be out of jail soon, telling her boyfriend in a recorded jailhouse call “the head person of Charleston County” wanted her to be home with her family.
“She’s really nice, and I think she’s gonna help me … things are looking up,” she said on the call, which was published by the Post and Courier.
