
The two transcripts below contain word-for-word accounts of what was said during court hearings that took place on June 21st, 2023 and June 23rd, 2023. Luke Wenke was accused of violating the terms of his federal supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim via an encrypted email that was sent to the victim’s business

The following document is a post-hearing brief that the U.S. Government, aka federal prosecutors, submitted following an evidentiary proceeding that was held to determine whether Luke Wenke suffers from a mental illness warranting involuntary inpatient treatment. In it, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo and Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz Wright argue that Luke Wenke suffers from persecutory,

In late April of 2025, the federal judge overseeing Luke Wenke’s case ordered Wenke to undergo involuntary inpatient mental health treatment. The decision came on the heels of multiple mental evaluations that were carried out over an extended time period, which resulted in Wenke being deemed competent but likely mentally ill and in need of

During the summer of 2023, Luke Wenke was found guilty of violating the conditions of his supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim by emailing the victim’s business partner. He was sentenced to time served and 34 months of continued probation. Shortly thereafter, Wenke’s public defender filed an appeal on his behalf via the

USA v. Luke Wenke – District Court Judgment August 22nd, 2023 CASE #23-6964, DOC. #2 Categories: Luke Wenke, appeals, Court Documents: Judgments Tags: Buffalo, NY; conditions of supervised release, contact ban violations, cyberstalking, indirect contact, probation violations, unwanted contact, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Victim 1, violations of supervised release (VOSR)

After being found guilty of violating the conditions of his supervised release during the summer of 2023 by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim (via the victim’s business partner), Luke Wenke filed an appeal through the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. The following documents pertain to that appeal, which was the

In 2023, Luke Wenke was found guilty of violating the terms of his federal supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim, “Victim 1,” via an email to the victim’s business associate. The PDF viewer below contains two transcripts (Docs. #84 & #85) featuring word-for-word accounts of what was said during Wenke’s sentencing proceedings, which

In December 2023, Luke Wenke was released from jail on an ankle monitor while awaiting sentencing for a federal probation violation charge that he had pleaded guilty to the previous month. In exchange for Wenke’s guilty plea, the judge had dropped four other probation violation charges, all of which were for contacting victims in violation