Quote: Captain Sammitch said: It's sad, really. They missed Yoko entirely. I think that's who they were aiming for - anyone with any sense woulda capped her long before that.
Ono's Driver Held on Extortion Suspicion By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer 4 hours ago
NEW YORK - A chauffeur for Yoko Ono has been arrested for trying to extort $2 million from her by threatening to circulate embarrassing photos, and he also spoke of killing her and son Sean Lennon, police said.
Koral Karsan was arrested Wednesday after Ono reported the plot, New York police spokesman Paul Browne said. Charges were pending.
There was no immediate response to a telephone message left at Karsan's home in Amityville, N.Y., and it was unclear whether he had a lawyer.
The security staff for Ono, John Lennon's widow, told detectives that Karsan told her in a rambling note that he had secretly photographed her and made audiotapes of her in private moments and warned he would make the material public if she didn't pay him, police said.
On Dec. 8, the 26th anniversary of Lennon's killing, Karsan dropped off the note and a photo of Ono in nightclothes at the Dakota apartment building, where the former Beatle once lived with her and where she still resides, police said.
Karsan, 50, talked about killing her, her son and himself during a later conversation with one of her associates that was recorded by investigators, police said.
On the night of Dec. 8, 1980, Lennon was returning with Ono to the Dakota from a recording studio when Mark David Chapman opened fire with a .38-caliber revolver, hitting him four times.
