On October 7th, 2025, Luke Wenke was released from FMC Devens in Massachusetts, where he had spent several months undergoing court-mandated mental health treatment while awaiting sentencing on a probation violation conviction for contacting one of his victims. Wenke had pleaded guilty to the violation charge in late 2023, but his sentencing was delayed after his mental health became the prime focus of the court proceedings.
After undergoing multiple court-ordered evaluations and an evidentiary hearing, Wenke was involuntarily committed to inpatient care in the spring of 2025. He underwent a final evaluation as his max-out date approached and was deemed a non-danger to society, resulting in his release from custody with no continued oversight.
Three weeks after regaining his freedom, Luke Wenke attended his final hearing at the Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo. He was adjudicated guilty based on his previous admission to the violation charge and was sentenced to time served with no probation.
As the document below shows, the court dismissed four additional probation violation charges in exchange for Wenke’s guilty plea. All four of the dismissed counts were for contacting victims in violation of contact bans and protective orders, including by sending some victims letters from jail while already detained for similar conduct. Despite the provability of said violations, Wenke was allowed to take advantage of the trash plea-bargaining system that dictates the turnout of many criminal cases in America, with the outcome of the case representing (in my opinion) a far cry from justice.
USA v. Luke Wenke – Judgment
October 28th, 2025
CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #233
USA v. Luke Wenke – Judgment – Doc. #233 – 10/28/2025