Rebekah Johnson is accused of shooting commune leader Jeff Gross, below.
Posted on 07/08/2007 9:03:13 AM PDT by Stoat
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Rebekah Johnson is accused of shooting commune leader Jeff Gross, below.
Jeff Gross
Rebekah's mom, Margaret Johnson, may face charges for helping her daughter while she was on the run.
"I'm a babe in the woods," Rebekah Johnson told the Daily News yesterday in an exclusive interview at Rikers Island.
"I can't defend myself in here."
Johnson spent a year on the lam after allegedly trying to kill Jeffrey Gross, guru of the free-love Ganas commune, which booted her in the early 1990s.
She was nabbed in Philadelphia last month, extradited to New York and arraigned Friday on second-degree attempted murder charges.
Wearing a gray prison jumpsuit and brown glasses, the 44-year-old had the demeanor of an injured animal as she complained about press coverage of the case.
"I don't like what's going on in the media," she said. "I feel like the police are feeding me to the media."
And she fretted that her fate will be sealed if she can't get out of Rikers, saying, "I can't prepare my defense from jail."
Although detectives say they believe Johnson intended to take another shot at Gross with an AK-47 she bought on the run, she grew angry and glared across a table when asked about it.
"How could the police know my intentions?" she growled. "How could they know how I feel?"
When asked whether she shot Gross, Johnson said, "It's too soon to talk about these things."
She struggled to compose herself and appeared to suppress her fury.
"I have to talk to my attorney," she said, abruptly ending the interview.
Johnson faces 25 years in prison if convicted of shooting Gross.
As The News reported yesterday, prosecutors are also exploring charges against her blue-blooded mom and sister for financing her year as a fugitive with cash wired through Western Union.
Johnson hit the road after ambushing Gross in May 2006 outside the New Brighton commune, shooting him in the arm, neck and chest, authorities said.
He was hospitalized in critical condition for weeks and went into hiding when Johnson disappeared.
Cops got a break in the case when the flower-power pistolera used her real name to purchase a van on Craig's List.
The woman who sold the vehicle to her gave cops Johnson's Philly address, and cops who went to the shabby $400-dollar-a-month apartment observed a "banana style" ammo magazine on the floor through a window, a police report shows.
They obtained a search warrant and found the AK-47 assault rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, court documents show.
Cops said they found shooting targets imprinted with human silhouettes, and one of them had been shot 28 times.
Books included "Cults in Our Midst," "Sexual Harassment on the Job" and Coleman's Surplus Magazine, a firearms publication, court documents show.
They also found more than a dozen license plates from New York, Virginia and New Jersey. Cops also confiscated computer equipment and prescription drug bottles.
Tard Ping Worthy?
Shoot him? From the her and him photos in the article, all she had to do was sit on him.
Jeff Gross is.
He’s one evil looking dude. Murder is wrong, but my guess is that the world is better off without him. (meaning the skinny guy. the fat *guy* should get the death penalty)
“Free Love”? I ain’t buyin’.
“I’m a blob in the woods,” Rebekah Johnson told the Daily News yesterday in an exclusive interview at Rikers Island.
Well, you get what you pay for I guess.
>> Kicked out of “free love” commune
> Well, you get what you pay for I guess.
It’s still overpriced.
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I always suspected but coould never confirm....before now, that is.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this was why "she" was kicked out of the commune....ugliness so profound that it literally hurts to look.
Medusa
I knew Hippies.Hippies were friends of mine.
You,lady,are NOT a Hippie!
Is there is “Wouldn’t hit it” ping list?
I have never heard a Minnesotan talk like Garrison does. Must be something in the fine wine and cheese he eats.
Is there is “Wouldn’t hit it” ping list?
No, but there's a "Rodents" pinglist hosted by Fire_On_High which might be appropriate.
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2 bagger with an attitude.
I see that all of those young Ganas folks wish to experience “commune” living. I have suggestion: Get married and raise a family! Experience the ultimate in “commune living.”
LOL...that dude’s homelier than the south end of a north facin’ rat, but other than that I’m not seeing where this goes on my list. Unless it’s just to draw attention to your beady-eyed cuteness :-)
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