Police Probe Travolta Extortion Plot

Police in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in an alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta.

Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames says Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater has been held since Thursday in the case.

He says a second suspect is ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, who was detained on Friday. Lightbourne was quoted by several tabloids describing efforts to revive Travolta's 16-year-old son Jett.

Jett, who had a history of seizures and was found unconscious in a bathroom, died of a seizure earlier this month at a family vacation home on Grand Bahama island.

Bahamas authorities did not provide details about the alleged plot, and attorneys for Travolta did not immediately return calls.

"We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time we had with him for the rest of our lives," Travolta and Preston said in an earlier statement after their son't death.

Travolta and Preston held a memorial service to honor their son at their central Florida home.

The couple lives in a sprawling $8 million home in a luxury subdivision with its own airstrip near this small town.

More than a dozen reporters and photographers gathered outside the Jumbolair Aviation Estates subdivision hours before the afternoon event.