Overview
- Sandeep Dhillon, 47, was charged in DuPage County with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
- Judge Joshua Dieden denied pretrial release, and Dhillon is being held without bond following his court appearance.
- The case stems from an Aug. 17, 2025 incident at a Hanover Park home involving Ace, a 4-year-old mixed-breed pit bull registered as an emotional support animal.
- Investigators documented blood and fur throughout the home and garage and recovered a stained wooden table leg and a bloodied pillowcase.
- A University of Illinois necropsy found hemorrhaging and blunt-force injuries and concluded blood loss was sufficient to cause death; Dhillon was already on pretrial release in an unrelated case and is due back in court Feb. 9.