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Monday December 1, 2008
Ganas:
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rebekah Johnson is accused of shooting Ganas founder Jeff Gross.
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Wednesday June 20, 2007
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. 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
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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
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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
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Wednesday July 19, 2006
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But police, despite 'full search,' fail to find woman wanted in ambush of commune leader
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Saturday July 15, 2006
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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.
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Thursday June 1, 2006
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But shot guru sez he kicked mad attacker
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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.
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Ganas:
My Nights in Hippie Haven
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Wednesday May 31, 2006
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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.
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It started as a hippie dream of simple living, but has turned into a New Age mini-empire with lucrative property holdings stretching from Staten Island to Spain.
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday April 25, 2006
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Open relationships, little people, 100 kooky housemates: $710 per month covers room, board, toilet paper, and toothpaste at Ganas, New York City’s most exclusive commune. Serious inquiries only, please.
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- Ganas: Hippie haven's founder shot
- Jailed hippie turns whiny
- Rebekah Johnson: Fugitive's mother makes plea
- Fugitive shooter of Ganas founder spotted
- Ganas: Staten Island hippie: I forgive
- Woman Accused of NYC Shooting to Return
- She told commune members $1M or more blood, prosecutors say
- Ganas: Inside Staten Island's Big Love
- Woman sought in NY commune shooting captured in Philadelphia
- Rebekah Johnson: Fugitive allegedly spotted at her apartment
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