The Luke Wenke Files
Because People Deserve to Know
Tag: unwanted contact
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Luke Wenke Arrest Warrants | Federal Cyberstalking Cases
This collection contains federal arrest warrants pertaining to Luke Wenke’s cyberstalking cases and subsequent alleged violations of supervised release. The most recent warrant displayed on this page was added to the case file in January 2026 following Wenke’s December 17, 2025 arrest on a second…
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Sentencing Memorandum
In the following memorandum, which is followed by a character reference letter written by Luke Wenke’s mother, public defender Alexander Anzalone urges the federal court in Buffalo, New York to sentence Luke Wenke to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release,…
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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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Here’s a List of the 200+ Letters Luke Wenke Sent From Jail Over a 14-Month Period
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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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.…
