Overview

• Online court records show a Sept. 12 verdict finding Russell Adams-Nicholls, 45, guilty of aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in Lancaster County.
• Police and hospital records state his father was stabbed in the neck on Dec. 10, 2024, then drove himself for life-saving surgery and later testified at the trial.
• On the stand, Adams-Nicholls said he arrived an “emotional mess,” admitted punching his father, grabbed a knife and flailed his arms before noticing heavy bleeding.
• Investigators said he had been bonded out earlier that day for an alleged assault on his mother, with paperwork found in the home and a witness describing him as “manic.”
• Authorities documented extensive blood and a struggle inside the house; prosecutors said he washed the knife afterward, he was arrested at the hospital with an injured hand, and his bail was raised to $1 million after the verdict.