In May of 2023 – less than six weeks following his release from federal prison – Luke Wenke was arrested in Olean, New York for violating the conditions of his supervised release. More specifically, Wenke was accused of indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim (the Minnesota attorney he served prison time for stalking, referred to in court documents and on this website as “Victim 1”) by sending an email to the victim’s business partner. Wenke also fell under scrutiny for his Tweets and Facebook posts, which seemed to fixate obsessively on his victim.
During an initial violation hearing under the Honorable H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., Luke Wenke was released under the order to have zero contact with any legal professionals within the state of Minnesota. Judge Schroeder also ordered Wenke to delete his Twitter account pending the outcome of subsequent proceedings.
As some people are aware, Luke Wenke obeyed the order to delete his Twitter account but remained active on the platform via a newly-created account. His name and photos were conspicuously absent from the since-deleted profile, but it was evident based on the wording and topics of obsession that the account belonged to Luke Wenke. Either way, it’s clear that the court went back on its order to stay off social media, as evidenced by Wenke’s very open and continued use of various platforms.
The document below contains the conditions of Wenke’s release following the aforementioned arrest and violation hearing.
USA v. Luke Wenke – Conditions of Release
May 18th, 2023
CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #45
USA v. Luke Wenke – Conditions of Release – Doc. #45