The Luke Wenke Files
…where internet yelling meets the public record
Tag: conditions of supervised release
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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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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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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…
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MEMORANDUM: The Government Urges the Court to Forcibly Institutionalize Luke Wenke
The following document is a post-hearing brief that the U.S. Government, aka federal prosecutors, submitted following an evidentiary proceeding that was held to determine whether Luke Wenke suffers from a mental illness warranting involuntary inpatient treatment. In it, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo and Assistant U.S.…
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DOCUMENT: The U.S. Government Urges the Court to Deny Luke Wenke’s Motion to Stay His Involuntary Commitment
In late April of 2025, the federal judge overseeing Luke Wenke’s case ordered Wenke to undergo involuntary inpatient mental health treatment. The decision came on the heels of multiple mental evaluations that were carried out over an extended time period, which resulted in Wenke being…
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After his lawyer warned of plans to file an Anders brief, Luke Wenke filed a motion to withdraw his appeal.
In August of 2023, Luke Wenke was found guilty of violating his federal supervised release by indirectly contacting his cyberstalking victim (the Minnesota attorney, referred to in court documents as “Victim 1”). He was sentenced to time served and 34 months of continued probation. At…
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Luke Wenke APPEAL #23-6964 – District Court Judgment (Doc. #2)
USA v. Luke Wenke – District Court Judgment August 22nd, 2023 CASE #23-6964, DOC. #2 Categories: Luke Wenke, appeals, Court Documents: Judgments Tags: Buffalo, NY; conditions of supervised release, contact ban violations, cyberstalking, indirect contact, probation violations, unwanted contact, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Victim 1,…