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Twins, Gerald and John Hubbs, 59, have a front yard with 30 bronze figures, mainly whimsical Sea themes, plus a few children, geese and horses.
The display moved from a neighborhood controversy to a police matter when the owners of the home, Gerald and John Hubbs, celebrated the Fourth of July by firing ceremonial bronze cannons in their backyard. The twins also activated a spiky metal dragon that spit flames. (…)
It is not the first time police have been dispatched to the Hubbs home. Six years ago, their lawn and driveway were dug up by police after their 82-year-old mother, Ethel, went missing. A former girlfriend of one twin had told investigators that she believed they had buried the body and continued to cash her Social Security checks.
A body was never found and the men were never charged. Police say they believe that the woman, who had emphysema, died naturally, but that her death was not reported and her body was never recovered.
During the search of the premises and a warehouse owned by one of the twins’ former wife, police uncovered illegal weapons, including an AK-47, booby traps, expensive jewelry, coins and allegedly forged documents. The Hubbses, chiropractors and former registered nurses, were tried on more than 100 charges.
