Police are warning the public about a convicted sex offender recently released from custody who is expected to move to Winnipeg.
Richard Kofie Asante, 34, was recently released from a maximum security federal institution in Edmonton after serving a partial sentence for sexual assault with a weapon and sexual assault involving choking, according to the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit, which provided the warning on July 10.
According to a press release from the unit, which is a partnership between the RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service, Asante was granted statutory release on July 9 after serving just over three years at the Edmonton Institution with credit for almost three years of time served before sentencing. …