
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…

On April 18, 2022, Luke Wenke signed a federal plea agreement admitting to cyberstalking R.G., a Minnesota criminal defense attorney, following a prolonged campaign of threatening and unwanted contact. According to the agreement, Wenke sent R.G. more than 76 emails between September 2020 and January 2022. His conduct also included phone calls, letters, false online…

On March 15, 2022, a federal grand jury indicted Luke Wenke on charges of cyberstalking and making interstate threats involving a Minnesota-based criminal defense attorney identified in court records as “R.G.” or “Victim 1.” According to federal court records, Wenke’s conduct toward the attorney began in 2020. At the time, Victim 1 was representing Wenke’s…

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…