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LETTER: Luke Wenke Blames Jail Drugs for Sudden “Amnesia,” Accuses Anonymous of Hacking His Phone

Painterly illustration of a tired and disheveled Luke Wenke lookalike wearing an orange jail uniform and sitting behind a cafeteria tray in a smoky jail setting

Luke Wenke sent the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. in November 2024 while detained at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio. In it, he claims that exposure to secondhand K2 smoke inside the facility is causing him to lose his memory, including his recollection of why he was being detained in the first place.

Wenke alleges inmates are repeatedly smoking K2 and lighting paper in microwaves in his housing unit, creating secondhand smoke that he says is “killing off” his memory. He suggests the alleged exposure could leave him unable to meaningfully participate in future psychiatric evaluations, saying he may respond only that he has forgotten what happened and that he is pleading the Fifth.

The letter then moves through a series of other allegations and recollections. Wenke complains about delays in his federal case, discusses potentially suing a prosecutor and a psychiatrist, and claims “Anonymous hackers” previously hacked his phone and posted obscenities from it. He also makes another allegation involving Katie, claiming she drove a stolen Ford Fusion while he was incarcerated.

Throughout the letter, Wenke repeatedly returns to his claim that secondhand K2 exposure is making him forget details about his case and what he would tell psychiatrists.

USA v. Luke Wenke | Letter
November 24th, 2024

Case #1:22-cr-00035, Doc. #170

(BEFORE this website existed)

Katie Mentions: 1

To read a “transcribed” version of the letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂

Painterly illustration of a tired, disheveled Luke Wenke lookalike in an orange jail uniform sitting with a food tray in a crowded jail cafeteria.

Luke Wenke #170 | Page 1

“There is a lot of K2/douce at this facility. I am in the A1 A3 section of the building. If you watch this room on the cameras, people are constantly lighting paper on fire in the microwaves.] Secondhand smoke is everywhere to say the least and it’s making me forget what I even did to get into jail in the first place. I remember hearing about some deadline in court for after Thanksgiving and I remember hearing about Dr. Leidenfrost and Dr. Rutter in court last time. But there’s so much secondhand K2 smoke here and there’s so much time between now and when we’ll see each other again that I’ll probably just entirely forget about what I even did to get like this January 2022 to begin with. It’s not ‘contempt of court’ to be brain poisoned via jail K2 into a state of amnesia so deep I only know how to say 2 English sentences to any further psychiatrists that may come my way, ‘I forgot what I did to get here’ and ‘I Plead The Fifth.’ Have I sent any other letters to this court since coming to Ohio? This K2 secondhand smoke visible on the A1 A3 cameras in the microwaves is making me forget if I’ve used anything except this blue pen since coming here. Hopefully I’m sober soon and remember. I do remember hearing ‘let’s just waive all further steps’ in court on July 30th as an invite from the judge to both defense and prosecution to make the move first. I’m glad I remember a fully functional mouth buried deep in the bowels of Frank Passafiume’s brand new beard so he can say things in court like ‘let’s waive the rest of this shit’ and ‘K2 secondhand smoke killing off brain memory cells that make a defendant forget entirely what they did to get into jail is not contempt of court if they suddenly go mute and drool during their entire visit with Dr. Leidenfrost and Dr. Rutter.” I do remember…”

Luke Wenke #170 | Page 2

UPPER MARGIN: “I remember Donald Trump appointing Elon Musk to be the ‘is government being efficient’ person. I think he should analyze me next. I remember hearing that Donald Trump wants to shut down camps like the one in Bradford PA, he wants to abolish conspiracy charges and mandatory minimums. I remember hearing on the radio in Chicago about people who did 20 years for murder they’re suddenly innocent to. Secondhand K2 smoke is rampant here and makes me forget details of my case.”

“…that the Bureau of Prisons doesn’t put defendants into federal medical centers unsentenced and/or more than 500 miles from home at that. I remember that the Chicago Metropolitan Correction Center wasn’t even a ‘treatment’ facility at all. I remember Offices Nelson and Watkins telling me thanks to the fact that this ancient probation violation is a guilty plea, I don’t qualify for things like an ‘innocent by reason of insanity’ analysis. I remember today sending the Pro Se Litigation Unit something about how our case manager here in Ohio is refusing to give me criminal summons paperwork so Michael who I remember is the prosecutor can be sued for not abiding by or likely even remembering something I learned in Chicago called ‘Rule 32’ requiring a sentencing without an inordinate delay and so I can sue Dr. Leidenfrost for medical malpractice for attempting to diagnose all Western New York defendants here in A1 and A3 facing murder charges without even seeing them in person. I remember watching tv at Orleans County Jail January 2024 and seeing a Rochester judge get his ass kicked right in the courtroom. I remember Anonymous hackers hacking into my phone Dec. 2023 Tweeting a bunch of obscenities at the Libertarian party before getting remanded before Christmas for no reason. I remember hearing stories about this Richard I. Fine US Supreme Court lawyer investigating district judges, getting put in jail by them for 18 months, and then getting them all removed from their positions once he got out of jail and began US Supreme Court law. I remember Katie [last name] driving a stolen 2019 Ford Fusion hybrid in Pennsylvania racking up toll booth tickets while I was at Niagara County Jail. But all this secondhand K2 smoke in Ohio is making me forget what to say to psychiatrists about how I got here.”

November 27, 2024 letter from Luke Wenke to Judge John Sinatra complaining about inmates smoking K2 in jail, secondhand smoke, fighting, and paper being set on fire in microwaves.
Page two of Luke Wenke’s November 27, 2024 letter to Judge John Sinatra alleging medical malpractice, discussing federal medical centers, Chicago jail experiences, and claiming anonymous hackers accessed his phone.