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Wenke's affiliation with the arrestees continued to affect him a year later. In August 2021, while working, he accidentally took the Peace Bridge exit in Buffalo, inadvertently crossing the Canadian border without a passport. Border patrol detained him for the first time in his life, recognizing him from the previous year's events. | Wenke's affiliation with the arrestees continued to affect him a year later. In August 2021, while working, he accidentally took the Peace Bridge exit in Buffalo, inadvertently crossing the Canadian border without a passport. Border patrol detained him for the first time in his life, recognizing him from the previous year's events. | ||
=== Arrest and | === Arrest, imprisonment, and release === | ||
In January 2021, Wenke was arrested by federal authorities following a criminal complaint alleging that he made threats to injure another person, specifically the attorney for Benjamin Teeter. It was noted that "Wenke was upset with the lawyer for not providing proper representation to Benjamin Ryan Teeter, who was charged with conspiracy to aid the Palestinian paramilitary group Hamas." On March 15, 2022, he was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of making interstate threats. Wenke was sentenced to 18 months in Federal prison and was released early on March 31, 2023. | In January 2021, Wenke was arrested by federal authorities following a criminal complaint alleging that he made threats to injure another person, specifically the attorney for Benjamin Teeter. It was noted that "Wenke was upset with the lawyer for not providing proper representation to Benjamin Ryan Teeter, who was charged with conspiracy to aid the Palestinian paramilitary group Hamas." On March 15, 2022, he was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of making interstate threats. Wenke was sentenced to 18 months in Federal prison and was released early on March 31, 2023. | ||
On the evening of Wednesday, May 17, 2023, it was reported that Wenke was arrested "for allegedly violating federal supervision last week." He appeared in court the following day and released with conditions that he "[delete] his Twitter account, refraining from any communications with any legal professionals believed to be in Minnesota, and weekly reports to the probation office."<ref>https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/olean-man-apprehended-on-federal-supervision-violation/article_510c54a1-40d9-5462-80ec-f9c1ac3aa255.html</ref> | |||
== Political Campaigns == | == Political Campaigns == | ||