AZUSA – A woman arrested accused of stabbing her boyfriend at an Azusa mote last week has been released from custody without charges, officials said.
Julie Helm, 46, of Azusa was initially booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after her 43-year-old boyfriend was stabbed multiple times in the upper body at the Arrow Inn Motel, 469 E. Arrow Highway, according to Azusa police Sgt. Andy Sutcliffe.
But Helm was released from the Azusa Police Department’s jail the morning of June 20, prior to her scheduled arraignment, after prosecutors declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Jane Robinson said.
The man who was stabbed during the incident, Mike Cavanugh, said he was upset that Helm had been released from jail and had returned to the same motel where he is staying, though he admitted the fight was not merely one-way. He said he kicked and choked Helm during the incident, in which he also suffered a broken rib.
“This isn’t justice,” he said. “Do I have to be a corpse for them to do something?”