Margaret Elaine Komorny was sentenced to five years probation for animal cruelty. The judge ordered that she also not own any animals and that she possess none either on her property or under her control, but held at another location.
"There's no way there's going to be animals there," Judge Michael P. Hatty said, also warning Komorny that if she violates that term she will go to jail.
Her defense attorney said the defendant has sick horses on her property and she is planning to humanely euthanize them.
Hatty also sentenced Komorny, 76, to 60 days in jail, but that is held in abeyance.
If Komorny is successful on probation, her felony conviction will be reduced to a misdemeanor.
Komorny's attorney said his client is expected to go to Ingham County today to turn herself in on an outstanding warrant alleging animal cruelty to dogs found in a kennel in that area. Authorities previously dismissed multiple counts against Komorny alleging she had animals at large.
The woman pleaded guilty as charged to animal cruelty for failing to provide adequate care to 91 dogs and puppies at her farm.
Komorny's plea was entered as a predispositional investigation, which means if she did not like the sentence a judge imposes, she could withdraw her plea.
The woman, who was breeding whoodles, which are a mix of a wheaten terrier and poodle, had denied the allegations in prior interviews with the Daily Press & Argus.
Authorities seized 91 dogs and puppies — two later died from their medical conditions — from Komorny’s farm on May 14 after complaints of animal neglect.
The Puppy Mill Awareness of Southeast Michigan is expected to present the Livingston County Animal Control staff a Puppy Mill Awareness Leadership Award at the county animal shelter at 418 S. Highlander Way in Howell.
(Livingston Daily - July 17, 2014)
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