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LETTER: Luke Wenke THREATENS False One-Star Business Reviews
USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter July 3rd, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOCUMENT #216 Katie Mentions: 7 To read a “transcribed” version of this letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂 Luke Wenke #216 – Page 1 “Maybe there comes a day I can speak more…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke DEMANDS An End To His Probation
Luke Wenke sent this letter to the Honorable John L. Sintara, Jr. in July of 2025 while incarcerated at FMC Devens, a federal medical prison in Massachusetts where he was ordered to undergo involuntary treatment after being deemed competent but mentally ill. USA v. Luke…
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Luke Wenke Thinks Carl Paladino Will Fund His Fantastical Business Endeavors
Luke Wenke mailed the following letter to the Honorable John L. Sinatra, Jr. while undergoing court-mandated treatment at FMC Devens, a federal medical prison in Massachusetts. Signed “Love – Luke Wenke,” the letter expresses Wenke’s apparent fantasy about opening a nuclear power plant with backing…
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LETTER: Luke Wenke Repeatedly Threatens a Baseless Lawsuit Against One of His Victims
USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter August 12th, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #219 Katie Mentions: 1 To read a “transcribed” version of the letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂 Luke Wenke #219 – Page 1 “I will have you, the Senior District Judge of…
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BOP Letter Announcing Luke Wenke’s Upcoming Release From Federal Prison
USA v. Luke Wenke – Letter September 18th, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #220 Categories: Luke Wenke, Court Documents: emails Tags: Buffalo, NY; dangerousness; Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz Wright, probation violations, U.S. Bureau of Prisons, violations of supervised release (VOSR)
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Less than a day after sentencing, Luke Wenke sent this email to the court.
USA v. Luke Wenke – Email October 28th, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #229 From: Luke Wenke To: Judge Sinatra Subject: Testing 123 Luke Wenke #229 – Page 1: “And now for my latest bold move, I will send a nice hello I come in peace…
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EMAIL: Luke Wenke Denies Attending 2020 George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis
In the following email, Luke Wenke states that the Olean Police will be taking fingerprints at his house as part of a supposedly ongoing investigation into an alleged home break-in that he believes occurred while he was in jail/prison. But in the weeks since this…
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EMAIL: Police Refuse to Fingerprint Luke Wenke’s Pellet Stove, Invoking Outrage
The PDF reader below contains two of the four or more emails Luke Wenke sent to the federal courthouse in Buffalo, New York on October 29th, 2025. In the first of the two emails below, Wenke claims that the police will soon start taking fingerprint…
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EMAIL: Luke Wenke Tells the Judge About His Hollywood Romance Fantasy
USA v. Luke Wenke – Email October 29th, 2025 CASE #1:22-cr-00035, DOC. #232 To read a “transcribed” version of the letter, scroll past the PDF viewer. 🙂 From: Luke Wenke To: Judge Sinatra Subject: Another encore. Luke Wenke #232 – Page 1: “You want to…
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The Court’s FINAL JUDGMENT Against Luke Wenke for Violating Supervised Release
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…