Luke Wenke mailed this letter to the federal judge overseeing his case while detained at the Orleans County Jail in Albion, New York in March 2024. In it, he proposes various so-called “settlement offers” for squaring away his criminal case. Wenke also expresses a desire to “reconcile” with victims who had previously stated they wanted zero contact, including individuals he’s banned from contacting.
This letter is a good example of a broader trend in Luke Wenke’s life. When he fails to get his way by being cruel, aggressive, and demanding, he sometimes adopts a more peaceful-sounding and seemingly proactive tone and attitude. But it never lasts for long, and I suspect that it’s nothing more than an attempt by Wenke to butter someone up during times of desperation. I don’t think there’s any genuine kindness or any respectable intentions behind this conspicuously out-of-character demeanour (just my opinion, of course.)
For example, while reading the following letter, I got the impression that Wenke was desperate to avoid further incarceration and for his criminal case to end. His attempts to haggle a so-called “settlement” with the court nevertheless show continued attempts to control the situation, or at least a gross misunderstanding of the power dynamics at play. It’s as if he doesn’t realise that he’s not an equal partner with the court and prosecution when it comes to deciding his fate, and that criminal cases are not settled by discussing the defendant’s armchair infrastructure proposals.
And don’t even get me started on how many of the ideas Wenke proposes in this letter already exist in some form or another. It doesn’t matter. He seems to think he’s brilliant, and I think his overestimation of his abilities is laughable.
A “bLiGhTeD hOuSe” for Katie
In several of his letters to the court, Luke Wenke proposes “helping” me (Katie) obtain a “blighted house” in Olean. He mentions various ideas for obtaining funding for this endeavour, including consulting the Olean City Council and obtaining a HUD grant.
Just for clarity, I’ve never lived in Olean nor do I have any plans to. I have many wonderful friends there, but one of my top goals is to leave New York State entirely.
I think Luke Wenke fantasises about me obtaining a “blighted house” in Olean because he’s obsessed with me and relishes in the idea of me living nearby. He also seems preoccupied by inaccurate beliefs that I lack stable housing, struggle to support myself financially, and aspire to adopt dozens of cats.
I’m not sure what influences Wenke’s erroneous vision of me, but his obsession with getting me a “blighted house” is a great example of how his bossiness was grossly misconstrued in court as a virtuous and selfless desire to help others. During a hearing in December of 2023, Wenke’s father essentially mentioned how he thinks his son means well with some of his unpalatable behaviours. While I respect his right to an opinion, I disagree. I think Wenke tries forcing his far-fetched ideas on people because he thinks he’s smarter than everyone and wants to control people. If Wenke acted out of authentic kindness, he’d respect people’s decisions and wouldn’t try telling them how to live their lives, because that’s not a genuinely caring thing to do.
I also believe that Wenke’s unsolicited attempts to “help” (if you even want to call it that) stem at least partially from a desire to make people feel like they owe him, or to create a perceived dependency on him. In my experience, Luke Wenke never did anything nice for me without holding it over my head at a later time. For example, to this day, he brags about how he drove me to Wisconsin in 2018 to pick up my pet cat from my ex-boyfriend’s house. It’s as if he thinks I owe him eternal gratitude for it, like I’m somehow “on the hook.” And like it’s the nicest (or, perhaps, only) kind deed that anyone has ever done for me, which isn’t the case.
Luke Wenke – Doc. #117
March 11th, 2024
Katie mentions: 2
To read a “transcribed” version of this letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂
USA v. Luke Wenke – Document #117Luke Wenke #117 – Page 1
“SETTLEMENT OFFERS
Make me sign local police orders of protection with [Victim-1] and Katie to reduce this issue down to local courts. Transfer my fingerprints over to Minnesota, North Carolina, New York State Troopers and the [city] Police.
Establish an interstate order of protection system to prevent cases like this ever again.
– Homeland Security and all DMVs work together in depth.
– Federal police cameras on all state border lines on back roads and highways. (A.I.)
– More tow truck drivers contracted into Homeland Security to tow violators back to their states.
– U.S. Space Force and Homeland Security work together to track people’s movements.
– S.M.S. texts updating local criminal court victims on if their aggressor is approaching their state.
– Homeland Security and FAA track violators’ flight movements.
– Local, county, and state police all receive training workshops through Homeland Security for this.
– Put someone in this type of situation in jail long enough to have their information sent to the state where they need to be known/watched, and/or to be towed back home by Homeland Security if they violate.
– Only local and county courtrooms would have to deal with this and they need tangible evidence that all parties involved even know each other (all local and county courtrooms in the country then obtain each other’s contact info).
Reconciliation (The Berlin Wall eventually fell…)
I would be willing to get a city owned blighted house in Olean through the city government to put into Katie’s name and help getting a federal loan/grant to pay an Olean city official with a local handyman business to fix it up for her is possible on my end. Taking my substitute teaching/martial arts teaching/community theatre directing resume and applying it to designing a Buddhist Tummo meditation FSA class for violent offenders and a History of Pedophile Punishment FSA class for sex offenders so [Victim-1] can get that passed into law and take the credit for himself. Getting Brett contracted into fixing the water infrastructure for all of Carl Paladino’s properties since it is my mother’s side who knows Carl.
Take those court documented statements and do whatever you want with them.”