The Luke Wenke Files
Because People Deserve to Know
Tag: contact ban violations
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Creepy Unwanted Letters I Received from Luke Wenke Despite Court-Imposed Contact Ban
In August of 2023, I received an unwanted letter from Luke Wenke, whom I had ended my friendship with more than a year earlier following his arrest for cyberstalking. It contained the forged signature of another victim and listed the person’s former address in North…
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Government Defends Involuntary Commitment
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
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 Brags About Abandoning a Single Mom 1,000 Miles From Home
Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in May of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. In it, he recalls driving a woman he identifies as Elexya from South Carolina to Kansas City,…
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Luke Wenke’s Alleged Probation Violations | 2023
On October 4th, 2023, Luke Wenke was arrested for allegedly violating federal probation. He had recently been found guilty of one previous violation charge, but was accused of continuing to contact his victims in violation of state-issued protective orders and federally-imposed contact bans. This time…
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Appellant’s Brief in Federal Case #25-1165
In this appellant’s brief, Luke Wenke challenges the federal district court’s decision ordering his involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. Filed in Appeal No. 25-1165, the brief argues that the evidence presented to the district court was insufficient to justify Wenke’s hospitalization, even if…
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Luke Wenke Appeal: Prosecution Urges Court to DENY Wenke’s Motion to Stay Involuntary Commitment
In June 2025, federal prosecutors opposed Luke Wenke’s request to delay his involuntary commitment while he appealed the district court’s treatment order. Wenke had been ordered in April 2025 to undergo involuntary mental health treatment at a suitable facility. His federal public defender sought to…
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Luke Wenke “Mommy Dearest” Screenshot Collection
I prefer to leave family out of my interpersonal battles, but in this case, I don’t seem to have much of a choice. My stalker and his mother are a package deal, and they seem to force their way into people’s lives regardless of whether…
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Luke Wenke | Chautauqua County Jail Records
The following public records, obtained through New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), document Luke Wenke’s detention at the Chautauqua County Jail from June 20 through August 10, 2023. Wenke was detained during this period for alleged violations of the conditions of his federal…
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Prosecutors Seek Prison for Luke Wenke After Release Violation
During the summer of 2023, Luke Wenke was found guilty of violating the terms of his federal supervised release by contacting his cyberstalking victim’s business partner. More specifically, the judge determined that Wenke was responsible for a “vitriolic” email that had been sent to the…
