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Tag: conditions of supervised release
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TRANSCRIPTS | Luke Wenke’s 2023 Probation Violation Sentencing
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…
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TRANSCRIPTS: Judge Releases Luke Wenke Despite Prosecutor’s Objection
These December 2023 court transcripts document the hearings that led to Luke Wenke’s release from jail on GPS monitoring despite objections from federal prosecutors. Wenke was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to violating the conditions of his supervised release. His sentencing had been delayed amid…
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Plea Hearing Transcript
The following court transcript provides a word-for-word account of Luke Wenke’s April 18, 2022 guilty plea to a federal cyberstalking charge before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. During the hearing, Judge Sinatra questioned Wenke extensively to ensure that he understood the charge, his…
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TRANSCRIPT: Judge Revokes GPS Monitor, Sends Luke Wenke Back to Jail
This federal court transcript documents a December 14, 2023 status conference in USA v. Luke Wenke, where U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ordered Wenke back into custody only days after he had been released under GPS monitoring. During the lengthy hearing, the court…
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Luke Wenke to Judge: “Help Me Marry My Romantic Obsession!”
Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. during the fall of 2023 while detained at the Cattaraugus County Jail in Little Valley, New York on multiple federal probation violation charges. In it, he complains about Judge Sinatra telling him that…
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Luke Wenke Final Judgment for Supervised Release Violation
On October 7th, 2025, Luke Wenke was released from FMC Devens in Massachusetts, where he had spent several months undergoing court-mandated mental health treatment while awaiting sentencing on a probation violation conviction for contacting one of his victims. Wenke had pleaded guilty to the violation…
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Luke Wenke Ordered to Delete Twitter After Probation Arrest
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…
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Luke Wenke Cyberstalking Judgment & Prison Sentence | 08/18/2022
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,…
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Luke Wenke Pleads Guilty to Federal Cyberstalking Charge
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…
