The Luke Wenke Files
Because People Deserve to Know
Category: Obsessions
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Recalls “Laughing & Cheering w/ Joy” During the 2021 Capitol Riot
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in November 2023 while detained at the Cattaraugus County Jail on a federal probation violation charge. In it, he launches a lengthy attack on the prosecutor and the criminal justice system, repeatedly…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Learns About This Website, Blames the WRONG People
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in January of 2025 while detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Facility (NEOCC) in Youngstown, Ohio. In it, he reacts to learning that his federal court correspondence is being published on this…
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Letter: Luke Wenke Wants to Give the Olean Police a Flying Car
Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in March of 2025 while detained at the Niagara County Jail in Lockport, New York. In it, he discusses an unusual plan involving another detainee, a Chinese-language Bible, and the acquisition of a…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Orders Elderly Judge to Stop Sleeping in Court, Recommends 5-Hour Energy
Luke Wenke sent the following letter (Document #197) to the Honorable Richard J. Arcara (a judge completely uninvolved in his case) during the spring of 2025 while detained at the Niagara County Jail in Lockport, New York. In it, he tells Judge Arcara that he…
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Luke Wenke LETTER: “Queen Elizabeth Visited Me In My Dreams”
In the following letter, Luke Wenke writes to Senior U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, despite Arcara having no involvement in his criminal case. Wenke says the letter will be the last in his recent “barrage” of correspondence for at least two weeks but warns…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Demands a Performance Gig for His Mom at Shea’s
In this June 26, 2025 letter to U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr., Luke Wenke jumps between complaints about his incarceration and probation, accusations against me and others, discussions of dreams, politics, fellow inmates, and an unusual proposal involving his mother. Wenke suggests that…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Accuses the FBI of Ransacking His Blind Mother’s House
Luke Wenke sent this letter to the Honorable Richard J. Arcara (a federal judge who’s completely uninvolved in his case) from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Facility in May of 2025. In it, he accuses FBI agents of stealing valuables from his blind mother’s home in…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Admits Driving to North Carolina to Stalk His Romantic Obsession’s Family
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. during the fall of 2023 while detained at the Cattaraugus County Jail in Little Valley, New York. In it, he discusses his continued fixation on several people connected to his federal case.…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Proposes a Sex Offender Halfway House in Ellicottville, NY
In an October 30, 2023 letter to U.S. District Judge John Sinatra, Luke Wenke proposes establishing a federal halfway house in Ellicottville, New York, suggesting that convicted sex offenders could find work at the area’s ski resorts and hotels. Wenke also urges federal authorities to…
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Luke Wenke to Judge: “Help Me Marry My Romantic Obsession!”
Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. during the fall of 2023 while detained at the Cattaraugus County Jail in Little Valley, New York on multiple federal probation violation charges. In it, he complains about Judge Sinatra telling him that…
