
In this appellant’s brief, Luke Wenke challenges the district court’s decision to involuntarily commit him to a mental health facility. Authored by Wenke’s public defender at the time, the document argues that there was insufficient evidence to justify hospitalizing Wenke, even if he suffered from a mental illness. The defense accuses the prosecution’s expert witness,

After being ordered to undergo involuntary mental health treatment at a “suitable facility” in April 2025, Luke Wenke immediately appealed the court’s decision. His public defender filed a Motion to Stay on his behalf, requesting that the court allow Wenke to remain in county jail pending the outcome of his appeal rather than begin his

Almost immediately after Luke Wenke was ordered to undergo involuntary inpatient treatment at a mental health facility in April of last year, his public defender appealed the decision on Wenke’s behalf. The defense attorney, Timothy P. Murphy, also filed the following “Motion to Stay” urging the court to postpone Wenke’s transfer to a medical facility

On December 17th, 2025, Luke Wenke was arrested by federal agents in Salamanca, New York on a cyberstalking charge. Thirty-three-year-old Wenke, already a federally convicted cyberstalker, now stands accused of targeting a court official who was involved in the oversight of his first cyberstalking case. According to a criminal complaint, Wenke accused the victim of

In May of 2023 — just six weeks after his release from federal prison — Luke Wenke was arrested on a federal violation of supervised release (VOSR) charge for allegedly indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim. More specifically, federal prosecutors accused Wenke of sending a vitriolic email to the victim’s business partner, allegedly with the awareness

In several of his letters to the court throughout 2023, Luke Wenke mentioned the prospect of me, his cyberstalking victim, and Brett — the father of his romantic obsession, Ryan — testifying against him at an upcoming probation violation hearing. This confused me, because the authorities hadn’t mentioned this being a possibility since more than

Luke Wenke was accused (and later convicted) of sending the following self-pitying diatribe to his cyberstalking victim’s business partner just weeks after his release from federal prison in 2023. Prosecutors argued that this constituted indirect contact, thereby violating a court-imposed condition of supervised release banning Wenke from contacting his victim in any form. In addition

During a court hearing on August 10th, 2023, the federal judge overseeing convicted cyberstalker Luke Wenke’s case found Wenke guilty of violating the conditions of his supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim. This occurred in the form of a volatile email that Wenke sent to his cyberstalking victim’s business partner just weeks following