Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the Honorable Lawrence J. Vilardo — a federal judge completely uninvolved in his case — during the summer of 2024 while on federal remand at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York. In it, he makes a series of wide-ranging claims involving his conviction, attorneys, the FBI, and other federal officials.
Wenke disputes the legitimacy of evidence and court records connected to his earlier cyberstalking case and claims that attorneys Frank Passafiume and Fonda Kubiak agreed to pursue a lawsuit against FBI agents, his former prosecutor, and his former defense attorney. He also invokes the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in *Counterman v. Colorado* while arguing about his previous conviction.
Near the end of the letter, Wenke shifts to describing his political, family, and personal connections. He says he previously chaired the Cattaraugus County Libertarian Party, donated to New York State Senator George Borrello, and had connections to Assemblyman David DiPietro and Carl Paladino.
Wenke then discusses his family history, claiming that his great-great-grandfather, Ergildo Martinelli, was a St. Bonaventure University music professor who once played organ for a Pope. He concludes by again predicting a lawsuit in Judge Vilardo’s court.
USA v. Luke Wenke | Letter
August 9th, 2024
(3+ months before this website existed)
Case #1:22-cr-00035, Doc. #145
To read a “transcribed” version of the letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂
You can also LISTEN to this letter:
Luke Wenke #145 | Page 1:
“Hello,
“I apologize for the crude scrap paper but my current resources are scarce and my priorities are aligned currently. My name is Luke M. Wenke, or at least this court documented handwriting and fingerprints suggests so, and I currently have a case in John L. Sinatra’s courtroom. I am aware that he has family relations incarcerated for drugs and sex trafficking reasons, and according to my limited research abilities you appear to be the judge of said activity or at least you have the ability to pick their cases up if you felt like it. Legally speaking, my case’s paperwork and every last trace of so called evidence is liable to be completely forged. I did not do a damn thing out in Minneapolis 4 years ago at the George Floyd protests and nobody was present for an alleged email that was sent January 2022. Did this case actually take a plea deal or did it go to trial, no witnesses showed up, it lost anyways, and John Sinatra put down on paper forging that it took a plea deal to make himself look good? Lawrence Vilardo’s courtroom doesn’t know. Can’t test John Sinatra for LSD before court because medical rights protect him from the spinal tap it takes to find out what his relatives are out there dealing. Frank Passafiume and Fonda Kubiak have decided that it is now time to…”
Luke Wenke #145 | Page 2:
“…sue the FBI agents Andrew and Krystie of the Buffalo FBI and also the original prosecutor and defense David Rudroff and Alexander Anzalone in your very courtroom. Counterman v. Colorado 600 U.S. 66 was vacated and remanded by the U.S. Supreme Court June 27th, 2023 and it is similar to the conviction all this paperwork in John Sinatra’s courtroom claims I did in 2022. I wanted to send you this brief original notice because Frank Passafiume and Fonda Kubiak have agreed to sue over these matters in your courtroom no matter what. As of 7/30/24’s court hearing in John Sinatra’s court, they have absolutely verified the court’s ability to waive all further legal road bumps to get this all to the January 2024 unanimous agreement of all current court officials (ask Frank Passafiume) to time served no more probation. Go ask Frank Passafiume for verification of my claims. You know him.
“I was the Cattaraugus County Libertarian Chairman before Covid. Look it up. I was one of state senator George Borrello’s top donors before this all happened, state assemblyman David DiPietro can’t deny knowing me along with his wife [name], Carl Paladino absolutely knows me through my cousin [name] of the Haunted Hinsdale House, my late grandmother Carolyn Giardini was Carrollton NY’s Justice of the Peace, her grandfather Ergildo Martinelli was a St. Bonaventure University music professor who played organ for a Pope. I may be genetically Polish but my mother was adopted so yeah boppity boopity bop get ready for this lawsuit in your court. -Luke Wenke”
Categories: Luke Wenke, Court Documents: letters; drugs, False Allegations: drug crimes, forgery, sex trafficking, wrongful conviction/incarceration; Obsessions: Carl Paladino obsession; Threats: threats to sue
Tags: Albion, NY; Buffalo, NY; Cattaraugus County, New York Assemblyman David DiPietro, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Rudroff, FBI, New York Senator George Borrello, George Floyd, Libertarian Party, LSD, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Orleans County, Orleans County Jail, St. Bonaventure University
