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  • Letter: Luke Wenke Demands Government Funding For His Mommy’s Restaurant

    Illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike pointing at the viewer outside a condemned house while demanding money for Mommy’s restaurant

    Luke Wenke sent the following letter to U.S. District Court judge John Sinatra, Jr. in August 2024 while detained on federal remand at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. USA v. Luke Wenke | Letter August 21st, 2024 (3+ months before this website…


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  • Letter: Luke Wenke Denies Racism While Using Racial Stereotypes

    Satirical illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike writing a letter in jail with images labeled Katie V and Ryan covering his cell wall

    Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo, New York in July of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion. In addition to the material mentioned in the title of this article, he mentions how…


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  • LETTER: Luke Wenke Brags About Abandoning a Single Mom 1,000 Miles From Home

    Satirical illustration of a laughing Luke Wenke lookalike driving away while a goth woman with luggage hitchhikes near Kansas City, Missouri

    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 | Orleans County Jail Records | 2023–2024

    Orleans County mugshot of Luke Wenke wearing glasses and facing the camera.

    The following records, obtained through New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), document Luke Wenke’s detention at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York, from December 14, 2023, through August 16, 2024. During this period, Wenke was being held on federal remand in…


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  • Luke Wenke | Cattaraugus County Sheriff & Jail Records

    Close-up photograph of Luke Wenke wearing a black leather cap and jacket with a bright pink shirt and light pink tie.

    The following public records, obtained through New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), include Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office reports involving Luke Wenke as well as records from his 2023 detention at the Cattaraugus County Jail in Little Valley, New York. One sheriff’s report concerns letters…


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  • Here’s a List of the 200+ Letters Luke Wenke Sent From Jail Over a 14-Month Period

    Satirical illustration of a grinning Luke Wenke lookalike in an orange jail uniform writing a letter beside stacks of envelopes.

    The following records were obtained through New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). They pertain to Luke Wenke’s outgoing mail from three different detention facilities that he stayed in over a 14-month period starting in June of 2023 for violating federal probation. During that time,…


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  • LETTER: Luke Wenke Repeatedly Hurls Racial Slur, Then Denies Being Racist

    Satirical illustration of an angry Luke Wenke lookalike confronting another inmate while prisoners point and laugh during a jail gathering

    Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in July of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. In it, he uses the infamous “n-word” and hurls racial insults toward a fellow inmate who got mad…


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  • Luke Wenke LETTER: “My Entire Case Is A Lie”

    Luke Wenke wrote the following letter to the federal Pro Se Assistance Program in Buffalo, New York in August of 2024 while detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in Youngstown, Ohio. Wenke was housed at NEOCC while en route to the Metropolitan Correctional…


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  • LETTER: Luke Wenke Tells Federal Judge to “Give It Up” and End Case

    Painterly illustration of a Luke Wenke lookalike in jail clothing yelling at a federal judge across the bench as the judge holds a gavel in a courtroom.

    Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in November 2024 while detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) in Youngstown, Ohio. In it, he demands an end to his federal criminal case and declares that he will refuse to…


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  • LETTER: Luke Wenke Fantasizes About His Victims Moving to Olean

    Satirical illustration of a smiling Luke Wenke lookalike wearing a “Proud Homeowner” shirt outside a dilapidated condemned house.

    Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in March of 2024 while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. In it, he imagines a series of scenarios in which several of his stalking and harassment victims…


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