Ex-city clerk in murder rap

NORWALK, CT — A city official has been charged with murder after police say a man was found shot dead in a home she owns.

Former City Clerk Ellen Wink, 61, has been charged with murder and is being held on $1 million bond, police said. She is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 1.

Wink, who is currently Norwalk's deputy registrar of voters, had a fight with her tenant, went to the house and shot him multiple times, killing him.

Police Lt. Terry Blake identified the victim as 54-year-old Kurt Lametta, who lived at the Nelson Avenue home.

Wink was arrested last fall after she fought with the same tenant and allegedly threw out all his personal belongings.

Wink, who was city clerk 2009 to 2011, ran unsuccessfully for the state legislature in 2020.