The Luke Wenke Files
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Tag: contact ban violations
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Luke Wenke Supervised Release Violation #1 | Court Briefs
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…
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EMAIL: Federal Probation Expresses Concerns Over Luke Wenke’s Social Media Posts
The following email documents federal probation officials’ concerns about Luke Wenke’s behavior shortly after he was released from jail on GPS monitoring in December 2023. As a condition of his release, Wenke was directed to report to Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) for a psychological…
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Document: Luke Wenke Tried Forcing His Victims to Testify at a Probation Violation Hearing
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…
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Luke Wenke to Victim’s Colleague: “George Floyd is dead and that’s a good thing”
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…
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USA v. Luke Wenke Judgment: GUILTY of Violating Federal Probation
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…
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USA v. Luke Wenke: 2023 Probation Violation Hearing Transcripts
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…
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Luke Wenke Letter to Victim: “Stop Being Chicken Shit”
While detained at the Chautauqua County Jail in Mayville, New York for similar conduct, Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the parents of his romantic obsession, Ryan, who had an active state-issued order of protection against him. Under the terms of both the order…
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After his lawyer warned of plans to file an Anders brief, Luke Wenke filed a motion to withdraw his appeal.
This November 1, 2023 filing documents Luke Wenke’s decision to withdraw Appeal No. 23-6964 following a conversation with his public defender about the future of the case. According to the motion, Wenke’s attorney advised him that if he continued pursuing the appeal, counsel planned to…
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Luke Wenke Appeal 23-6964 | District Court Judgment
This August 22, 2023 District Court Judgment documents the outcome of Luke Wenke’s supervised-release violation proceedings following his federal cyberstalking conviction. The proceedings centered on Wenke’s violation of court-ordered restrictions prohibiting him from contacting his cyberstalking victim, either directly or indirectly. The court determined that…
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Luke Wenke APPEAL #23-6964 – Notice of Appeal (Doc. #1)
This August 22, 2023 Notice of Appeal marks the beginning of Luke Wenke’s first appeal stemming from his federal cyberstalking case. Wenke filed the appeal after the federal court found that he violated the conditions of his supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim.…
