Russell Woodrow Adams-Nicholls, 45, of West Lampeter Township, was sentenced to 73 months to 15 years in state prison on Dec. 17, 2025, after a jury convicted him of aggravated assault, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan. 13, 2026.
The first attack happened on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at a home on Crestline Drive in Willow Street. Officers were called for a domestic incident and found a 72-year-old woman—believed to be Adams-Nicholls’ mother—with moderate injuries to her face and head. Adams-Nicholls was arrested without incident and charged with simple assault, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia, though those charges were withdrawn on Oct. 20, 2025.
A week later, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, Adams-Nicholls went to his father’s home in Manheim Township and attacked again. Prosecutors said he repeatedly punched and then stabbed his 80-year-old father in the neck, leaving a massive scar and critical injuries that required life-saving surgery. The victim was hospitalized for four days, sedated and intubated, and underwent months of physical therapy to relearn how to walk…