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EXCLUSIVE: A Los Angeles father was allegedly stabbed to death last month by a woman w/ a violent history of using knives. She had multiple arrests, including violent felonies, but always avoided prison under prosecutions by LA DA Gascon & received diversion or release instead. Per law enforcement sources, Jade Simone Brookfield was charged w/ attempted murder in 2020 after she stabbed a woman in the chest, puncturing her lung. In 2021, her charges were reduced to assault with a deadly weapon, still a violent felony. But instead of prison, Brookfield was given mental health diversion. She absconded & was terminated from the program, then was allowed to re-enroll and was given another chance. In 2021, Brookfield was arrested twice. Once for battery on a peace officer. She received mental health diversion and the case was dismissed. The second time, she was arrested for criminal threats after she allegedly assaulted a man, pulled out two knives, and threatened to kill him. DA Gascon's admin rejected the case due to lack of evidence. In March 2023, while still on diversion from her first knife attack, Brookfield was arrested again for another felony assault with deadly weapon after I'm told she repeatedly swung a knife at a bus driver who missed her exit. Inexplicably, she was then ordered released from custody with an ankle monitor. That decision had deadly consequences. Just weeks after her release, in April, Brookfield was arrested again for murder, after sources tell me she fatally stabbed a man named Dennis Banner during an argument in a street. Her diversion has now been terminated, and only now is she finally being held in custody. Sources in LA DA office tell me this case is a prime example of what can happen when California's loose mental health diversion policies combine with Gascon's soft on crime approach to seek diversion when possible. In a statement responding to this story, LA DA Gascon's office tells me the following: "We appreciate the public concern when someone is participating in a mental health program and allegedly commits a serious crime. Our prosecutors make the best decisions they can in light of all the available information. Our heart goes out to all the victims in this matter, and we stand ready to support them on their journey to healing."