
In this November 2025 email to the federal judge who presided over his first cyberstalking case, Luke Wenke proposes replacing appointed federal judges with candidates selected through local elections. He suggests placing questions about federal judges on county ballots and recruiting Libertarian Party figures to run for judicial positions, despite federal judges being nominated by…

In May of 2023 – less than six weeks following his release from federal prison – Luke Wenke was arrested in Olean, New York for violating the conditions of his supervised release. More specifically, Wenke was accused of indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim (the Minnesota attorney he served prison time for stalking, referred to in…

Luke Wenke pleaded guilty to federal cyberstalking in April 2022. In August 2022, the court sentenced him to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. As part of his sentence, Wenke was prohibited from directly or indirectly contacting the victim, the victim’s family or the victim’s workplace. He was also…

In April 2022, Luke Wenke pleaded guilty to a federal cyberstalking charge as part of an agreement with prosecutors. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and up to 3 years of supervised release. Conduct Underlying the Charge According to the agreement, Wenke engaged…

On March 15, 2022, Luke Wenke was federally indicted on charges of cyberstalking and making interstate threats. The charges stemmed from allegations that Wenke repeatedly harassed, stalked, and threatened a Minnesota criminal defense attorney who was representing another individual in a federal criminal case. The indictment became part of USA v. Luke Wenke (Case No.…

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 Carolina as the return address. But the letter was postmarked…

In this eight-page letter filed in USA v. Luke Wenke (Case #1-22-cr-00035), Luke Wenke addresses a wide range of people he believes have wronged or mistreated him, including relatives, attorneys, public officials, former associates, and others connected to his legal history. Wenke repeatedly disputes his criminal conviction and questions the actions of people involved in…

In August 2023, Luke Wenke mailed the following handwritten letter directly to federal Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. shortly after his release from detention over a probation violation charge. In the letter, Wenke discusses his family history, political activities, federal criminal case, mental-health evaluation, personal relationships, and numerous people he claims have played roles in…