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Man Stabbed To Death With Broken Putter At Mini-Golf Course

August 15, 2011 at 3:00 pm by Morbid

BARRIE, Ontario — Three teens have been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man at an indoor, glow-in-the-dark minigolf course.

Bradley Hubbard, 42, his girlfriend and two young daughters decided to go to Putting Edge (heh) after eating dinner Saturday night.

While there, Hubbard’s daughters, ages 7 and 4, informed him they were scared of some drunk teenagers acting like assholes and breaking things.

Hubbard confronted the teens and asked them to stop, but things went downhill from there, ending when one of the teens allegedly stabbed the father of seven in the neck with a broken putter.

Paramedics arrived and tried to save his life, but Hubbard would be pronounced dead at the hospital.

“At least he died in his wife’s arms,” said Hubbards’ father-in-law. “He got to tell her that he loved her before he passed away.”

Police have arrested Justin Spring, 18, Jake Workman, 18, and Matthew Spring, 19, and have charged them with second-degree murder.

Tags: Brad Hubbard, Canada, Crime, minigolf, Murder, putter, Putting Edge, Stabbing

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Damon-Brooks/16830551 Damon Brooks

I really dislike shit for brains kids (adult and otherwise). I did some stupid stunts, but never got in a self righteous violent fit. I feel for the children of this father and his wife, I’m sure the unbearable pain is made worse by the fact that a gang of low-lives caused it for absolutely no reason.
Anonymous

I know no one wants to say it, we’ve all got to be ‘politically correct,’ but I think it’s time we just admit that Canadians are brutal people.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Damon-Brooks/16830551 Damon Brooks

You take that back or its curtains eh.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Polite savages they are!
Anonymous

No we’re not. Unless we put the death penalty back on the table we’re not. & if we brought the DP back, I will be more than glad to be described with the adjective brutal.
Anonymous

Apparently another stupid fock drunk that thinks they’re right. Maybe they’re relatives of the PEE-lympian JetBlue dude.
LeaveMeBe

Sounds like his little girls had the right idea to be scared. Now they’ll have to live with this memory forever because of some teenage sperm & egg omelettes that should have just been wiped on the towel.
http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

Why second degree? Why not First?
Anonymous

He was with his girlfriend but died in his wife’s arms? Misprint? Anyway, what a bunch of shitheads those teens are. These are the kind of stories that make me hesitant to confront brainless assholes. I really don’t want to lose my life over something stupid.
Anonymous

Because it was not premeditated. Heat of the moment murders are second degree. If they would have planned on getting drunk and killing this guy it would have been first degree.
Anonymous

“The aggravating factors of first degree murder are a specific intent to kill, premeditation, and deliberation.” Perhaps because this crime was done in the heat of moment so to speak?
Anonymous

I hope these guys get fucked right in their piehole (figuratively and literally). Those kids will never forget seeing their father stabbed with a putter over nothing……
Anonymous

Any mugshots for these asshats?
guillotinegirl

Mini-golf is one of those games that brings out the worst in people. The last time I tried it I got so pissed off I hit the ball so hard it got stuck in the chain link fence surrounding the batting cages and I was asked to leave.
Athena

The last time I tried it, I got nailed in the forehead with the business end of a club and walked out of there looking like Carrie. Goddamn, do head wounds bleed. Oh, and I was, like, 8.
Anonymous

Or his wife and girlfriend are both very understanding.
Anonymous

Hmmmm, dammit JGo, I think they’re starting to figure us out.
Anonymous

Hmmmm, dammit JGo, I think they’re starting to figure us out.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

Blame Canada!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

Blame Canada!!
Anonymous

I went to mini indoor golf course. Everything was dark except for these creepy lights that highlight areas of the course. Turns out my bra was glowing plain as day through my shirt.
Anonymous

Oops didn’t see your answer before I posted mine. Jinx.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

18 year olds think they are invincible and don’t think of the consequences of their actions. A group of 18 – 20 yr old males is best left to handle by the police. I’m all for “street justice” and communities “handling their own”, however males grouped together at this age is comparable to roaming packs of dogs, very dangerous. Sadly, this occurs in Alpha or Beta males when grouped together it becomes a pack mentality. It’s terrible for the kids to have witnessed that.
P.S. The glow in the dark crime scene reminds me of the CSI tv show, must of looked horrible.
http://www.facebook.com/rachel.a.prince Rachel Ann Prince

I….hmmm..Idk what to say and thats a first! These little shit stains deserve any and everything that happens to them! I hope after they sobered up they were bawling like little bitches becoz of their stupidity!
No more alcohol no more sex no more hugs from mommy! Fucking idiots!
LeaveMeBe

It’s a’boot! Hahaha!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mikhail-Kolitwenzew/100001461591216 Mikhail Kolitwenzew

Its very evil, yes. I don’t understand why people like that even life upon this earth. They should have been struck down by the hand of God.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

The hand of God was busy stroking the ego of God (maybe other things as well).
Pyncky

I would like to tie them down and take a box cutter and see how long I could skin them before they died.
http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

I don’t really like anything golf related. It sucks that this man was sticking up for his kids (in a sense) and lost his life over it. How big and bad ass can you really feel at 18 that you have to stab a man? Yet it is 3 of you? Little worms…..Ruined alot of lives in one moment.
EveryVillainIsLemons

No death penalty in Canada, so all we need is a rifle, three bullets, a man with good aim who wouldn’t mind spending a few years in a Canadian prison if he got caught, and three clear shots.
Parrot Toes

Canuckistans are evil! Canuckistans must all die!

That is all.
Anonymous

I too think Donkey Punching should be legal!
Anonymous

If you’re going to murder-torture them, a box cutter is WAAAY too fast.
Break little bones. Maybe start with toes, snapping one every couple of hours. Then move on to hands, breaking an individual knuckle. If they’ve passed out from pain, wait until they wake up before doing the next bone.
Once both feet and hands are busted, have an accomplice dressed as a police officer come in and “rescue” them. The “officer” should move them to a different room, pretend to take a statement, and then break their right clavicle. Have the fake officer apologize profusely, and pretend to call an ambulance.
Now your third accomplice enters dressed as an EMT. He should immediately snap the left clavicle while putting the subject on a stretcher. Use the strecther to bash the subject’s face into a doorframe, shattering their nose. By now it’s clear they aren’t rescued, and their spirit is utterly crushed. To drive the point home you now enter the room, and all three of you piss on the subject. Once done, place food on a high up shelf and shatter the subject’s legs and arms.
The final phase of the torture will be seeing how long it takes for them to die either of starvation or embolism from the broken limbs. Family pictures of the man they killed should be hung all over the room so they can’t forget the senseless killing that is now killing them.
On the off chance they somehow get the food, it should contain a non-fatal poison that makes them violently vomit or shit uncontrollably.

..not that I’ve spent much time thinking about this. Ahem.
Anonymous

If you’re going to murder-torture them, a box cutter is WAAAY too fast.
Break little bones. Maybe start with toes, snapping one every couple of hours. Then move on to hands, breaking an individual knuckle. If they’ve passed out from pain, wait until they wake up before doing the next bone.
Once both feet and hands are busted, have an accomplice dressed as a police officer come in and “rescue” them. The “officer” should move them to a different room, pretend to take a statement, and then break their right clavicle. Have the fake officer apologize profusely, and pretend to call an ambulance.
Now your third accomplice enters dressed as an EMT. He should immediately snap the left clavicle while putting the subject on a stretcher. Use the strecther to bash the subject’s face into a doorframe, shattering their nose. By now it’s clear they aren’t rescued, and their spirit is utterly crushed. To drive the point home you now enter the room, and all three of you piss on the subject. Once done, place food on a high up shelf and shatter the subject’s legs and arms.
The final phase of the torture will be seeing how long it takes for them to die either of starvation or embolism from the broken limbs. Family pictures of the man they killed should be hung all over the room so they can’t forget the senseless killing that is now killing them.
On the off chance they somehow get the food, it should contain a non-fatal poison that makes them violently vomit or shit uncontrollably.

..not that I’ve spent much time thinking about this. Ahem.
Anonymous

I live about an hour outside of Barrie, and to hear crap like this coming out of there is completely unheard of. The place is near cottage country and has a tone of retirees. Ballooning small town Canada is a huge problem. These places aren’t equipped to deal with idiots like these kids.
http://twitter.com/Gerber58 adam gerber

What
they did was absolutely horrible!

BUT such behaviour starts when a kid throws a
temper tantrum in a store at 2 years old, and his parent can not slap his
behind because they will be charged with child abuse! No respect in schools,
teachers are afraid to take action because they may loose their job or end up
charged by police. That escalates from
there.

Then you have the VIOLANCE and gore in the movies, and the stupid, pointless games that
all of them play! More blood, more violance – the better!

Any one of those kids
on their own would act normal; it’s being together and not knowing when to stop
(drinking) that got them in trouble . They
do come from normal families. And yes at
18 & 19 they are still just stupid kids that screwed up not only their own
lives but lives of so many other people!

They will regret this for the rest of their
lives.

So next
time when you judge a parent trying to take control of their screaming toddler…
think twice… this is where that toddler may eventually end-up.

CANADIAN…
from Barrie, Ontario.
http://twitter.com/Gerber58 adam gerber

What
they did was absolutely horrible!

BUT such behaviour starts when a kid throws a
temper tantrum in a store at 2 years old, and his parent can not slap his
behind because they will be charged with child abuse! No respect in schools,
teachers are afraid to take action because they may loose their job or end up
charged by police. That escalates from
there.

Then you have the VIOLANCE and gore in the movies, and the stupid, pointless games that
all of them play! More blood, more violance – the better!

Any one of those kids
on their own would act normal; it’s being together and not knowing when to stop
(drinking) that got them in trouble . They
do come from normal families. And yes at
18 & 19 they are still just stupid kids that screwed up not only their own
lives but lives of so many other people!

They will regret this for the rest of their
lives.

So next
time when you judge a parent trying to take control of their screaming toddler…
think twice… this is where that toddler may eventually end-up.

CANADIAN…
from Barrie, Ontario.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

Wow. I’m calling you if I ever need some revenge.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

Wow. I’m calling you if I ever need some revenge.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

Fucking bastards. Can I repeatedly stab them in the necks with a number 2 pencil until they either die from blood loss or lead poisoning, whichever comes first?
Anonymous

This is further up north from me
but close to where I was born and its safe to say Canadian or American this shit happens
Im in Canada 250 feet maybe from Detroit and in 24 hours they had 17 shootings 8 killed and we are hitting our 2 year mark Sept 27 of no murders in my city
What needs to be done is remember this was a father Canadian or Amercian a father putt putting with his kids for some family fun and not sitting in a damn bar while his kids sat on a couch at home doing nothing
Its not something they are going to forget soon
Anonymous

This is further up north from me
but close to where I was born and its safe to say Canadian or American this shit happens
Im in Canada 250 feet maybe from Detroit and in 24 hours they had 17 shootings 8 killed and we are hitting our 2 year mark Sept 27 of no murders in my city
What needs to be done is remember this was a father Canadian or Amercian a father putt putting with his kids for some family fun and not sitting in a damn bar while his kids sat on a couch at home doing nothing
Its not something they are going to forget soon
Anonymous

Bradley Hubbard, 42, his girlfriend and two young daughters decided to go to Putting Edge (heh) after eating dinner Saturday night.

“At least he died in his wife’s arms,” said Hubbards’ father-in-law. “He got to tell her that he loved her before he passed away.”

Golf with his girlfriend and died in his wife’s arms?
Anonymous

Folks – don’t beat on your kids. It is more likely to teach them to be violent than to teach them good manners.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

If you look at the two links I put in the article, the two articles I gathered the information from, you will see one says it his girlfriend while the other says his wife. Instead of hashing that out, I went with what was reported. She was either one or the other and it really made no difference in the grand scheme of things — a man was stabbed to death in front of his kids in a mini-golf course.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

Awww Damn!! Detroit’s getting blamed for this man dying too? ;-p

I’m just happy to see my across the river neighbor in the news and not us for once. Sweet!

You should have PM’d me (I’m Lovemyfamily) I would have come over and met you at the bar. I can’t drink right now but I can chat and shoot pool.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Blair-Krueger/613247322 Blair Krueger

VIOLANCE in the movies should be snuffed out at all costs!
Anonymous

To prevent kids from becoming VIOLANT as adults, we need to physically HIT them as children. GENIUS! *gags to death over the stupidity*
LeaveMeBe

sorry, replied to wrong person.
LeaveMeBe

Oh damn. I didn’t spank my kids enough when they were toddlers so now they’re going to kill someone. More mommy guilt to add on to the pile.

TEXAN
from TEXAS
Anonymous

Violence!! But I think the violent teens should be snuffed out at all costs.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

Yes, on film!
hookerpie

Holy Shit! We are all doomed. These are the same kind of fucks that will be running shit when we are old. I pray so hard for that asteroid. I sure hope them little kids and his wife/girlfriend can recover from the horrible things they saw. Them teenagers should all meet the same fate.
Anonymous

his poor family had to watch him die..this is horrendous..too bad they can’t give these assholes life
Anonymous

his poor family had to watch him die..this is horrendous..too bad they can’t give these assholes life
Miao Yu

This man takes his kids and his girlfriend to the mini-golf course to have some fun, and leaves on a stretcher, dying from being stabbed by a bunch of stupid drunk teenagers. Wonder if the teenagers thought it was worth it…

Man, I hate drunks.
LeaveMeBe

Only if they are unsharpened.
Anonymous

It’d be death by blood loss – pencils use graphite. That said, maybe we can get some real lead pencils from a museum…
Anonymous

It’d be death by blood loss – pencils use graphite. That said, maybe we can get some real lead pencils from a museum…
wyrosjr

I see what you did there.
Anonymous

That is the worst part, isn’t it? That they saw the whole thing. This made me cry.
wyrosjr

Your view of spanking is that it is “beating”. While “beating” is most certainly a wrong thing to do, correctly administered corporal punishment is not beating kids. It is extremely effective if part of an overall structured approach to discipline.
The modern day fad of not using corporal punishment represents to me, generations of parents who try to separate themselves from the “job” of raising kids. Supposedly, we are also to take this hands off approach to kids and just let them develop naturally into perfectly mannered little einsteins. Except that it doesn’t work that way. We provide the learning environment and we provide the structure. Kids thrive on it. Parents have been raising kids for thousands of years with spanking and once we start using logic again, we will continue to do so. This fad too shall pass just like the flock of seagulls haircut.
Anonymous

What the fuck am I reading.
Anonymous

i think that it is a canadian haiku…
Anonymous

i think that it is a canadian haiku…
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

Quit being all logical. There’s no room for that crap in my fantasy.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKSJ42VBXNAFJLOH54Y3K4KTXU Heather Habilatory

Ok, I can live with that.
wyrosjr

I agree that this could lead to kids being more physically violent as adults, this is offset by the degree of self restraint they have learned.
http://twitter.com/AngelsMom0806 Angels Mom

FTW!!!
http://twitter.com/SmileyVirus11 Smiley Virus

Where was the security at this place?Why did this man have to take the situation into his own hands? the police should have been called before the victim intervened.
Parrot Toes

I lived there for a number of years. A beautiful city for sure.
Parrot Toes

I lived there for a number of years. A beautiful city for sure.
Anonymous

You are very accurate with your articles. I did not intend to insult you.
Anonymous

that is the absolute saddest…i had to put my dog to sleep 2 yrs ago and i still cry just thinking of her leaving me…after letting the doctor give her that shot..if i ever saw something like this i would be wrecked for life..i can read these news stories all the time but if i ever saw this stuff in real life..idk
Anonymous

There are many techniques available today to raise well-behaved children without hitting or verbal abuse; they are techniques that the best parents have used throughout history. Parents or guardians who choose to hit their children instead are being willful, lazy, and undisciplined.
wyrosjr

It could be that many times you are right. Spanking without using best practices is more than likely a bad idea. Even then, it should be used sparingly. There are times though, that there is no better technique. I would not seek to restrict rights of parents to use any effective technique. You are also wrong to cast everyone in a negative light that uses it.
http://www.facebook.com/kimberlyacarlisle Kimberly Carlisle

Haha you like doing things from behind and donkey punching. Shame. Gay men can be so cruel.
Anonymous

There’s still sex where they’re headed, Rachel.

Not the kind they’re used to, but still sex.