The Luke Wenke Files

Timeline: Luke Wenke’s Second Batch of Probation Violation Charges

June 19^th, 2023: Brett, the father of Luke Wenke’s romantic obsession (Ryan/Benjamin), obtains a state-issued no-contact order of protection against Luke Wenke in North Carolina.

August 10^th, 2023: Luke Wenke is sentenced to time served, released from custody, and subjected to modified conditions of supervision after being found guilty of his first probation violation charge. The court-imposed ban against contacting his cyberstalking victim (“Victim 1″/R.G.) remains in effect as a special condition of Wenke’s probation.

August 23^rd, 2023: Probation receives a call from Brett (Ryan’s father) regarding unwanted correspondence his household had received since obtaining a no-contact order of protection against Luke Wenke. In addition to two letters Luke Wenke had sent the family from the Chautauqua County Jail in late June while detained for his first probation violation charge, Brett had received text messages from someone purporting to be the defendant on August 14th.

Later that day, probation calls Luke Wenke and tells him not to have any further contact with Brett or his family. Wenke later signs a waiver acknowledging the contact ban as a new special condition of his supervision.

August 28^th, 2023: After receiving an unwanted letter in the mail, I call Luke Wenke’s probation officer, who agrees to ask the court to ban Wenke from contacting me as a condition of his supervised release.

August 30^th, 2023: Judge Sinatra approves probation’s proposed ban against contacting Brett and his family as a new special condition of Wenke’s supervision. Despite this, Wenke continues to specifically name Ryan in his social media posts.

During a visit with probation that same day, Luke Wenke’s probation officer told him to stop contacting me. The judge later granted probation’s request to ban Luke Wenke from contacting me as a special condition of his supervised release.

September 29^th, 2023: The federal courthouse in Buffalo receives a letter from Luke Wenke mentioning some letters he sent to Brett’s wife (Ryan’s mother).

September 30^th, 2023: Prosecutor David Rudroff notifies probation that Luke Wenke had sent a letter to the home of his cyberstalking victim (R.G./”Victim 1″) in violation of his supervised release conditions. The letter was signed in my name (Katie). Wenke was also accused of continuing to have indirect contact with Victim 1 in social media posts.

That same day, Brett (Ryan’s dad) contacts probation about another letter his household had received from Wenke. The letter was signed in my name (Katie). Both letters (the one received by Brett’s household and the one to R.G./Victim 1) contained the same image of a map that Wenke had recently featured in a social media post.

October 4^th, 2023: Luke Wenke is summoned to the probation office and arrested on three counts of violating his supervised release by contacting victims. He’s remanded without bail to the Cattaraugus County Jail in Little Valley, New York.

That same day, I received a letter from Luke Wenke, which I reported to probation:

Several days later, I received a letter with my return address and containing my signature. I did not write the letter, which was addressed to a victim who no longer lived at the address where it was delivered.

October 25^th, 2023: Brett (Ryan’s dad) contacts probation after receiving another unwanted letter from Luke Wenke. The letter’s return address was that of the Cattaraugus County Jail, where Luke Wenke was detained on federal remand following his arrest for the previous three violation charges. He’s subsequently charged with a fourth violation for the letter he sent from jail.

October 31^st, 2023: Brett (Ryan’s dad) contacts probation after his wife receives a letter Luke Wenke had sent from the Cattaraugus County Jail while detained for similar alleged contact ban violations. Both the state-issued protective order and the federally-imposed ban against contacting Brett extend to his family/household, which means that Luke Wenke is not allowed to contact Brett’s wife. Wenke is subsequently charged with a fifth violation for sending the letter.

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