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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…

Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in the fall of 2024 while detained at the Chicago Metropolitan Correction Center. In it, he wonders how I somehow knew he had been placed in solitary confinement at the Orleans County…

Luke Wenke sent the following letter (Doc. #165-1) to the Honorable Lawrence J. Vilardo — a federal judge completely uninvolved in Wenke’s case — in the fall of 2024 while detained at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. In keeping with his known tendency…

Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in the fall of 2024 while undergoing a competency evaluation at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center. In it, he threatens to retain a private attorney, claiming that he has an entourage willing…

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. USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter November 25th, 2024 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #168 Katie Mentions 1 To read…

The following transcript contains a word-for-word account of what was said during a federal violation of supervised release (VOSR) hearing for the USA v. Luke Wenke case that took place on November 21st, 2023. Wenke had previously pleaded guilty to a violation charge and was…

In early December of 2023, the judge overseeing Luke Wenke’s federal criminal case released Wenke from custody on pretrial supervision. Wenke was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor and follow certain rules and restrictions, including having no contact with several victims, abiding by a…

The transcript below contains a word-for-word account of what was said during a USA v. Luke Wenke court hearing that took place on January 2nd, 2025 in Buffalo, New York. USA v. Luke Wenke – Transcript January 2nd, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #209 Categories: Luke…