The Luke Wenke Files

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  • Letter: Luke Wenke Claims His Case Could Reach Supreme Court

    Satirical illustration of an inmate writing about taking his legal claims to the U.S. Supreme Court

    The following letter, addressed from Luke Wenke to the Honorable Lawrence J. Vilardo, was added to the Wenke v. Valentine case file on July 27th, 2026. Judge Vilardo, who is presiding over the case against Tops Supermarket shooter Payton Gendron, is assigned to oversee Wenke’s…


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  • Luke Wenke X/Twitter Threads | December 2023

    Satirical illustration of a disheveled man surrounded by pigeons, garbage, newspapers, and clutter inside a severely neglected home.

    The following screenshots feature Luke Wenke’s X/Twitter post threads from December 9-14, 2023. At the time, Wenke had just been released from the Cattaraugus County Jail on an ankle monitor while awaiting sentencing for a federal probation violation conviction. He was sent back to jail…


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  • Luke Wenke X/Twitter Threads | December 2025

    Satirical illustration of multiple Luke Wenke lookalikes arguing outside a rundown house, with one angrily shouting from the porch.

    The following screenshots depict Luke Wenke’s X/Twitter threads, which mostly consist of Wenke talking to himself, from December of last year. He made his most recent post on December 17th, shortly before his arrest for his current federal cyberstalking case. Wenke remains in custody at…


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  • Luke Wenke Appeal: Government Defends Involuntary Commitment

    Satirical illustration of a disheveled man resembling Luke Wenke leaning toward a psychic’s crystal ball while seated in a Walmart mobility scooter.

    In this appellee brief, the U.S. government asks the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a federal judge’s April 2025 decision ordering Luke Wenke to undergo involuntary inpatient mental health treatment. The dispute followed Wenke’s federal cyberstalking conviction and multiple subsequent alleged supervised-release violations.…


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  • Document: Luke Wenke Contacts Victims While Detained for Similar Conduct

    Satirical illustration of an inmate resembling Luke Wenke writing letters in a jail cell beside paperwork marked “Contact Ban.”

    In late August of 2023, federal probation petitioned the U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York for the addition of two new rules that they wanted Luke Wenke to follow. Firstly, Wenke’s P.O. wanted to ban him from contacting the family of Wenke’s uninterested romantic…


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  • Letter: Luke Wenke Demands Government Funding For His Mommy’s Restaurant

    Illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike pointing at the viewer outside a condemned house while demanding money for Mommy’s restaurant

    Luke Wenke sent the following letter to U.S. District Court judge John Sinatra, Jr. in August 2024 while detained on federal remand at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. USA v. Luke Wenke | Letter August 21st, 2024 (3+ months before this website…


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  • Luke Wenke Screenshots & Social Media Posts | 2025

    Satirical illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike holding a phone in a cluttered room with a speech bubble reading, “He better call me now!!!”

    The screenshot galleries are a work in progress. Please check back frequently for updates! If I don’t know the specific date or time of a post (i.e. screenshots of posts from Wenke’s suspended Facebook account that lack a date stamp), I put it as close…


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  • Luke Wenke Screenshot Gallery | 2023 Social Media Posts

    Digital painting of a Luke Wenke lookalike kneeling on the floor, screaming with clenched fists beside a laptop in a cluttered, dimly lit room.

    This gallery contains archived screenshots of Luke Wenke’s social media activity throughout 2023, preserving his public statements, online interactions, and commentary concerning his victims, federal authorities, and ongoing legal disputes. The collection includes posts from X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook addressing topics such as Wenke’s…


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  • Luke Wenke Claims His Ancestor Played the Organ for a Pope

    Illustration of a Luke Wenke lookalike reflecting on Catholic faith and confirmation while imagining a priest and church organist

    Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the Honorable Lawrence J. Vilardo — a federal judge completely uninvolved in his case — during the summer of 2024 while on federal remand at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. In it, he makes a…


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  • Letter: Luke Wenke Denies Racism While Using Racial Stereotypes

    Satirical illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike writing a letter in jail with images labeled Katie V and Ryan covering his cell wall

    Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo, New York in July of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion. In addition to the material mentioned in the title of this article, he mentions how…


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