The Luke Wenke Files
…where internet yelling meets the public record
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MEMORANDUM: Prosecution Urges Judge to Send Luke Wenke Back to Prison for Violating Probation
During the summer of 2023, Luke Wenke was found guilty of violating the terms of his federal supervised release by contacting his cyberstalking victim’s business partner. More specifically, the judge determined that Wenke was responsible for a “vitriolic” email that had been sent to the…
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Federal Prosecutors Accuse Luke Wenke of Indirectly Contacting Cyberstalking Victim; Defense Argues to the Contrary
In May of 2023 — just six weeks after his release from federal prison — Luke Wenke was arrested on a federal violation of supervised release (VOSR) charge for allegedly indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim. More specifically, federal prosecutors accused Wenke of sending a vitriolic…
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EMAIL: Federal Probation Expresses Concerns Over Luke Wenke’s Social Media Posts
In late 2023, Luke Wenke pleaded guilty to one out of five federal probation violation charges alleging that he had contacted several victims in violation of state- and federally-imposed protective orders and contact bans. In exchange for his guilty plea, the court dismissed the four…
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Arrest Warrants
The first PDF viewer contains the most recent federal warrant against Luke Wenke, who was arrested on December 17th, 2025 on his second cyberstalking charge. The PDF viewer below it contains warrants pertaining to Luke Wenke’s first federal cyberstalking case and subsequent alleged violations of…
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Criminal Complaint | 1:22-cr-00035
In late January of 2022, the FBI arrested Luke Wenke in Olean, New York on suspicion of cyberstalking and making interstate threats. The criminal complaint near the bottom of this page contains specific details about his alleged crimes. Luke Wenke’s “Ryan Obsession” According to the…
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Luke Wenke Tried Forcing His Victims To Needlessly Testify At a Probation Violation Hearing
In several of his letters to the court throughout 2023, Luke Wenke mentioned the prospect of me, his cyberstalking victim, and Brett — the father of his romantic obsession, Ryan — testifying against him at an upcoming probation violation hearing. This confused me, because the…
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USA v. Luke Wenke | Sentencing Memorandum
In the following memorandum, which is followed by a character reference letter written by Luke Wenke’s mother, public defender Alexander Anzalone urges the federal court in Buffalo, New York to sentence Luke Wenke to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release,…
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Luke Wenke to Victim’s Colleague: “George Floyd is dead and that’s a good thing”
Luke Wenke was accused (and later convicted) of sending the following self-pitying diatribe to his cyberstalking victim’s business partner just weeks after his release from federal prison in 2023. Prosecutors argued that this constituted indirect contact, thereby violating a court-imposed condition of supervised release banning…
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USA v. Luke Wenke Judgment: GUILTY of Violating Federal Probation
During a court hearing on August 10th, 2023, the federal judge overseeing convicted cyberstalker Luke Wenke’s case found Wenke guilty of violating the conditions of his supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim. This occurred in the form of a volatile email that Wenke…
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TRANSCRIPTS: USA v. Luke Wenke Probation Violation Hearing
The two transcripts below contain word-for-word accounts of what was said during court hearings that took place on June 21st, 2023 and June 23rd, 2023. Luke Wenke was accused of violating the terms of his federal supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim via…