Kane County Files Paperwork to Seize Dogs

On April 2, Batavia police found a number of dogs inside a van in a parking lot in the 100 block of N. Island Avenue. Two were already dead and a third died on the way to an animal hospital.

The dogs belonged to Julia A. Brungard-Giordano, 47, of the 200 block of N. Island Avenue in Batavia. She was arrested on April 2 on four felony counts of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and four misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals.

Now, officials are trying to seize the dogs.

“The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office recently filed court documents requesting that the court enter a permanent order forfeiting the five dogs to an animal shelter,” The Kane County Chronicle is reporting. “Brungard-Giordano remained in the Kane County jail Monday afternoon on a $30,000 bond. Her bond had been reduced from $35,000.”