The Luke Wenke Files
…where internet yelling meets the public record
For a chronological summary of events, see the Case Overview and Timeline page.
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Plea Agreement | 1:22-cr-00035
In April 2022, Luke Wenke pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of cyberstalking. In exchange for his guilty plea, the prosecution dismissed a charge of making interstate threats and recommended an 18-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release. USA v.…
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USA v. Luke Wenke – Indictment
On March 15th, 2022, Luke Wenke was formally indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking and making interstate threats. Wenke was accused of stalking, harassing, and threatening a Minnesota-based criminal defense attorney (“Victim 1”), who was representing Wenke’s romantic obsession, Ryan (also called Benjamin), in a…
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Creepy Unwanted Letters I Received From Luke Wenke Despite Court-Imposed Contact Ban
In August of 2023, I received an unwanted letter from Luke Wenke, whom I had ended my friendship with more than a year earlier following his arrest for cyberstalking. It contained the forged signature of another victim and listed the person’s former address in North…
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Luke Wenke Screenshot Galleries | 2021 and Older
The screenshot galleries are a work in progress. Please check back frequently for updates! Luke Wenke Screenshot Gallery: 2021 and Older The following three screenshots contain text messages I received from Luke Wenke in the spring of 2021, followed by my response. I knew it…
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Luke Wenke Screenshot Galleries | Katie Obsession
Luke Wenke has been harassing and stalking me since I ended our friendship nearly four years ago. For a long time, I ignored him and stayed silent, hoping he’d eventually leave me alone. But that never happened — in fact, as the following screenshots demonstrate,…
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Luke Wenke Screenshot Galleries – Letter Writing Obsession
Luke Wenke’s affinity for writing and sending letters en masse became more than evident during his time in jail and prison. Over a nine-month-period alone, he sent more than 200 letters from jail while receiving no more than a handful. Despite the vast majority of…
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Luke Wenke Screenshot Galleries – Topix
For those who are familiar with the so-called “Topix era” of Luke Wenke’s seemingly lifelong campaign to meddle in others’ lives, you don’t need the introduction. For everyone else: If you’ve never heard of it, the now-defunct Topix website hosted local message boards based on…
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Luke Wenke Galleries | [Alleged] Racism
![Luke Wenke Galleries | [Alleged] Racism](https://www.lukewenke.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NOTLUKEWENKE266.jpg)
Throughout the vast majority of our friendship, I never knew Luke Wenke to be racist (or prejudiced in any fashion). I started noticing that side of him in 2018 or 2019, when I already had one foot out the door and couldn’t get the other…
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EMAIL: Luke Wenke Claims He Recruited a “Witness” to Falsely Implicate Me in Home Break-In
In the email below, Luke Wenke claims that he persuaded a local woman to vouch that she had seen me entering Wenke’s Olean traphouse and breaking things. This is impossible, because I haven’t been to Olean in many years, including during the time frame when…
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Luke Wenke Screenshot Galleries – Ryan/Benjamin Obsession
The screenshot galleries are a work in progress. Please check back frequently for updates! Please Note: I gathered these screenshots across multiple time zones. I’m working on including a link to each Tweet that hasn’t been deleted, along with the time it was posted according…