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Monday December 1, 2008

Ganas:

Ganas commune co-founder sues current and former members

The Ganas commune was formed three decades ago on the principles of sharing resources and talking out problems.

But one of its founders contends the group isn’t abiding by those rules.

Jeffrey Gross has sued the New Brighton commune and 14 current and former members, alleging they booted him out last year and won’t give him his fair share of the group’s assets.
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Wednesday October 8, 2008

Ganas:

Ganas community leader sues woman he claims shot him

Today the leader of a Staten Island commune announced he has filed a $20 million civil suit against the woman he claims shot him six times at point blank range.

Jeff Gross made the announcement during a press conference outside state Supreme Court in St. George this morning, two months after a jury found 45-year-old former Ganas member Rebekah Johnson not guilty of counts of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and attempted grand larceny in the second degree.
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Monday August 4, 2008

Ganas:

Ex-commune member Rebekah Johnson cleared in shooting; guru fears for life

A disgruntled former Staten Island commune member was cleared of all charges in the shooting of the group’s founder, who had insisted in court that she was his attacker.

Still, the jury took less than five hours to find Rebekah Johnson not guilty of pumping six bullets into Ganas commune guru Jeff Gross as he walked home two years ago.
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Thursday October 18, 2007

Ganas:

She told commune members $1M or more blood, prosecutors say

The woman accused of gunning down a Staten Island commune leader was slapped with two addition charges of grand larceny today, as prosecutors now allege she contacted terrified members of the group and demanded money or the shootings would continue.
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Monday July 9, 2007

Ganas:

Jailed hippie turns whiny

The ex-hippie accused of gunning for a Staten Island commune leader is playing the victim – whining that she shouldn’t be locked up.
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Sunday July 8, 2007

Ganas:

Kin sent hippie shoot suspect cash, says DA

The trigger-happy hippie accused of trying to kill the leader of a Staten Island commune a year ago could have company in prison: her mother and sister.
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Saturday July 7, 2007

Ganas:

Woman charged in ambush of commune leader pleads not guilty

When Ganas commune leader Jeff Gross came home from a movie one night last year, a former member of his group was waiting for him with a loaded gun, prosecutors say.
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Friday June 29, 2007

Ganas:

Woman Accused of NYC Shooting to Return

Rebekah Johnson is accused of shooting Ganas founder Jeff Gross.
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Wednesday June 20, 2007

Ganas:

Police Say Fugitive Hunted for a Shooting on S.I. Was Heavily Armed

. The woman, Rebekah Johnson, had an AK-47 assault rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in her apartment in North Philadelphia, the police said.
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Monday June 18, 2007

Ganas:

Woman sought in NY commune shooting captured in Philadelphia

Rebekah Johnson was being held on a fugitive charge in the shooting of Jeff Gross, who helped found the Staten Island-based Ganas community.
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Thursday September 28, 2006

Ganas:

Fugitive shooter of Ganas founder spotted

The snaggle-toothed stalker wanted for allegedly shooting a Staten Island commune leader was caught on videotape withdrawing cash from a Manhattan bank, police said yesterday. Rebekah Johnson – who has been on the run since the May 29 shooting of Jeff Gross – was taped Sept. 20 at a Commerce Bank at 42nd St. and Madison Ave., police said.
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Sunday July 23, 2006

Ganas:

Rebekah Johnson: Fugitive’s mother makes plea

She is begging for Rebekah Johnson to surrender in shooting of commune leader “Becky, dear, we love you dearly and are anxious for your safety,” is the message that Margaret Johnson of Virginia hopes will reach her fugitive daughter — wanted by police since Memorial Day, when she allegedly shot and wounded Ganas commune leader Jeff [...]
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Wednesday July 19, 2006

Ganas:

Rebekah Johnson: Fugitive allegedly spotted at her apartment

But police, despite ‘full search,’ fail to find woman wanted in ambush of commune leader Like smoke in the wind, Rebekah Johnson allegedly turned up yesterday afternoon at a New Brighton apartment where she used to live. And then vanished. The 11th reported sighting of the fugitive wanted in the shooting of Ganas commune leader Jeff Gross had [...]
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Saturday July 15, 2006

Ganas:

Ganas: America’s Most Wanted to highlight Island case

Cops are hoping that a segment on “America’s Most Wanted” tonight will help them catch the woman suspected of shooting a commune leader outside the group’s Tompkinsville enclave in May. The show, airing at 9 p.m. on FOX 5, will explore the personality of shooting suspect Rebekah Johnson through interviews and items cops found inside her [...]
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Thursday June 1, 2006

Ganas:

Ganas: Staten Island hippie: I forgive

But shot guru sez he kicked mad attacker A Staten Island commune leader shot by an obsessed stalker preached peace and love yesterday toward his alleged attacker – even as it was revealed he got in one swift kick at her. “I really don’t carry any grudge against her. I’m sure they’ll catch her,” Jeff Gross, 51, [...]
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Ganas:

Ganas: Free Love, Hate and an Ambush at a Commune on Staten Island

A few rules exist at Ganas, a collection of 100 souls who live on Staten Island in what may be New York City’s only commune. Shared meals and wife-swapping are O.K. Freeloading, violence and pointless negativity are not. Rebekah Johnson, a former Ganas member, had violated all three prohibitions even before she was suspected of gunning down and [...]
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Wednesday May 31, 2006

Ganas:

Ganas: Former S.I. Commune Member Sought in Founder’s Shooting

A former member of a Staten Island commune built around the ideals of nonviolence, conflict resolution and open relationships is being sought in connection with the shooting of one of the group’s founders late Monday night, law enforcement officials said yesterday. The police said that the injured man, Jeff Gross, 52, was ambushed and shot three [...]
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Ganas:

Ganas: Calamity at Staten Island commune

A kinky commune of Staten Island that preached peace and love was rocked by violence when a woman booted from the group returned with a grudge – and a gun, cops said. Rebekah Johnson – who had waged a decade-long campaign charging the Ganas commune was rife with sexual hijinks – was on the lam last [...]
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Ganas:

Ganas: Hippie haven’s founder shot

May 31, 2006 — A gun-toting stalker, who claimed she was pressured into a lesbian affair by members of a hippie-style commune on Staten Island, opened fire on its co-founder in a midnight ambush that left him critically wounded, authorities said yesterday. Despite his life-threatening injuries, Jeff Gross, who helped establish Ganas, the city’s oldest ’60s-style [...]
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