Man accused in crime spree with 17 victims, including three people stabbed

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) - Ron Hubbard never expected fiction to become reality.

​“I was thinking about a scenario I seen on TV where a delivery guy did the same when the police was chasing a guy who stole a car,” Hubbard said.

​Hubbard said he was hanging with a friend Wednesday, Oct. 28, when they noticed something unusual.

​“I happened to look up the street to my left, and I seen this strange guy,” Hubbard said.

​The man, now identified as Adam Schwegman, also caught another bystander’s attention.

​“We confronted him because the other guy had been up at the park, where this all took place,” Hubbard said.

​Topeka police say an hour earlier, Schwegman stabbed two people along S.W. Fillmore. His booking charges also include an allegation of rape at that address.

​TPD says Schwegman then moved up the same road, breaking into two homes -- four children were inside one of them, including a four-month-old. Officials say they were not hurt.

​However, it didn’t stop there.

​Police say a third victim was stabbed on a nearby street.

​And finally, a 70-year-old woman was hurt when Schwegman attacked her at Ward Meade Park. Schwegman was running from there when Hubbard spotted him.

​“I decided to step in, throw my leg out, trip him and he landed over here in the grass, and the knife fell in the grass,” Hubbard said.

​Hubbard said he kicked the knife to the sidewalk, as the second person held Schwegman. He got away, but police soon caught him.

​Schwegman was booked in connection with 16 charges, including aggravated battery and rape.

​Hubbard says he was glad to step in to prevent further harm.

​“Well, if you see something bad, try to help stop it. I wish we could have got to it before this happened,” Hubbard said.

​Schwegman made his first appearance in court on Thursday, Oct. 29. The judge has set a total bond of $3 million.