ELDORADO, Ill.—In a strange twist (which actually some of us kind of suspected all along), both players in the big “kidnapping” event last night are considered suspects in either theft of a motor vehicle or tampering with one.
Sonny Pilgrim, from a Facebook page
Authorities just reported to us that both Sonny Pilgrim, 23, and Courtney Goodwin, 19, who is his girlfriend and both of whom are from Georgia, are facing charges of, at the very least, tampering with a stolen vehicle (Conversion, in the state of Illinois), after they were located this morning in Matthews, Missouri, at a truck stop.
Courtney Goodwin, from a Facebook page
And likely, more charges will come, since there was supposedly a knife used in Pilgrim’s effort to get Goodwin out of her grandparents’ house…but authorities are saying that may have been a ruse, too, as Goodwin is telling authorities she went willingly with him from the residence on Beulah Street in Eldorado last night, prompting a massive all points bulletin to be issued, since the situation nearly scared Goodwin’s grandpa to death.
And the rest of the story may be unclear, but Eldorado Police Chief Freeman Shannon Todd Deuel (STD, as we call him) also reported that Pilgrim apparently got into the situation after he allegedly escaped from the hospital there (ostensibly Ferrell, but we’re checking) where he went after getting into a fight in ‘rado. Then there was something about Pilgrim telling police he had “drugs in his stomach” and needed to be hospitalized, maybe in an effort to distract them, and that’s allegedly when he took off… So Pilgrim’s charges may rise exponentially
Keep checking back…this is apparently an ever-evolving situation.