Category: competency
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TRANSCRIPT – Is Luke Wenke Delusional Or Simply “Flawed”?
During a status conference on November 19th, 2024, the Honorable John L. Sinatra Jr. deemed Luke Wenke competent but expressed lingering concerns of mental illness. Wenke’s public defender, Frank Passafiume, urged Sinatra to proceed straight to sentencing and overlook the… Read More…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Claims Wrongful Incarceration Despite Guilty Plea
Luke Wenke mailed this letter to U.S. Appeals Judge Debra Ann Livingston while detained at the Niagara County Jail in late April of 2025. The document was uploaded to a publicly accessible federal records database (PACER) on May 22nd. Everything… Read More…
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Luke Wenke Claims to Suffer From Amnesia, Blames Jail Drugs
In this letter, sent from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio in November 2024, Luke Wenke claims to suffer from amnesia caused by a contact high after inmates microwaved the drug K2. He also blames jail drugs for… Read More…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Makes Blatantly FALSE ALLEGATIONS While Insisting He’s Honest
Luke Wenke sent this letter from the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York to the federal courthouse in Buffalo in June of 2024. In it, he insists he doesn’t lie or make false accusations, then proceeds to lie his… Read More…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Acts Bossy Toward The Judge Overseeing His Case
In this letter (Document #160), sent from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago to the Buffalo, NY-based judge overseeing his federal criminal case, Luke Wenke reflects fondly upon how he “accepted marijuana through a gas mask bong as payment” for… Read More…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Accuses Victims Of Doing Things He’s Specifically Known To Do
This letter was sent from the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City and features an Oklahoma postmark but bearing a Seminole, Florida return address. In it, Luke Wenke accuses me of calling Child Protective Services on his mother and trying… Read More…
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Luke Wenke: “Aggressive” Cellie Changed His Heart
Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio in August of 2024. USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter August 27th, 2024 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOCKET ENTRY #148 Katie… Read More…