In a troubling sequence of events, an Oklahoma man faced three arrests within a brief span related to sexual assault charges. The individual, accused of attacking several women, encountered law enforcement once more days later on a new charge of first-degree rape.
According to jail records, the suspect is identified as 26-year-old Jeff Kufi Asare, who was taken into custody on August 12 and held on a hefty $75,000 cash-or-bail bond. The record doesn’t specify when he might be released. Local news outlet KOCO, an ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, reported that his arrest was triggered after firefighters spotted him allegedly holding a woman against her will along the Lake Hefner Trail and promptly notified police.
This detention comes after two prior arrests in just over a week’s time. On August 1, Oklahoma City police acted on a 911 call reporting a potential rape, subsequently arresting Asare on grounds of probable cause for felony sexual battery and indecent exposure.
An incident report acquired by News Media outlines charges including attempted forcible rape and forcible fondling as part of the alleged criminal acts.
The booking photo of Jeff Kufi Asare provided by the Oklahoma County Jail (Oklahoma County Jail)
Five days later, officers arrested Asare after responding to reports of sexual assaults involving multiple women at a downtown park. Police booked him on probable-cause allegations of attempted kidnapping and felony sexual battery. He also received two city assault-and-battery citations.
News Media has requested the Aug. 12 incident report, which Oklahoma City police said was not yet complete for release.
All three cases involve Asare, but state charges have not been filed because Oklahoma City police are still investigating and have not yet presented the cases to prosecutors, the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office told News Media. The office said it expects to file state charges after receiving the cases from police.
Judges set Asare’s bond at $50,000 on Aug. 5 and again on Aug. 10. After his third arrest, prosecutors asked a judge to raise his bond from $50,000 to $75,000, court and jail records show.
This aerial view shows downtown Oklahoma City, where police arrested Jeff Kufi Asare in connection with recent alleged sexual assaults involving multiple women. (iStock)
Since January 2023, Asare’s name has appeared in at least 18 Oklahoma County court dockets, a News Media review found.
The total includes early probable-cause proceedings, misdemeanor cases and a pending civil lawsuit. Some of the probable-cause files are tied to later criminal cases stemming from the same arrest.
The court records also show at least seven misdemeanor convictions. Three were for breaking and entering. The others were for resisting an officer, shoplifting, trespassing and marijuana possession.
Police in Oklahoma City arrested Jeff Kufi Asare three times in less than two weeks in cases involving alleged sexual assaults against multiple women. (iStock)
Asare pleaded guilty to resisting an officer, shoplifting and trespassing in September 2023. He later pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and marijuana possession in November 2024, then in two additional breaking-and-entering cases in October 2025 and April.
He received 45 days in jail in the October case and 30 days in the April case, with credit for time served in both. He also enrolled in a court-ordered outpatient program after prosecutors dismissed a 2025 trespassing and obstruction case.
In a separate 2024 case, he missed a hearing, and a judge issued a bench warrant.
News Media has requested comment from prosecutors and asked ICE whether it has custody, detainer or immigration-status information involving Asare.