Ex-Norwalk official accused of murder can’t visit elderly parents, judge rules

STAMFORD — A state Superior Court judge denied a motion Wednesday that would allow former Norwalk official Ellen Wink, who was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her tenant earlier this year, to visit her elderly parents.

Attorney Stephen Seeger, who represents the 62-yearold Wink, asked Judge Robert Goldberg to expand the conditions of his client’s release to include visitation rights to see Wink’s elderly parents, who, he said, live not too far from her Norwalk home.

Supervisory State’s Attorney Michelle Manning, however, said Wednesday that the state was “strenuously” objecting to any alterations to Wink’s conditions of release.

Manning said the conditions set by Judge Gary White at a previous hearing were strict for good reason.

“The idea that we will now allow her to go visit people is, in the state’s view, incredibly dangerous and in complete opposition to what Judge White originally intended when he set very strict restrictions on her release,” Manning said.

Goldberg ultimately rejected Seeger’s motion without prejudice, which means the matter could be revisited at a later date.

Wink, who has since been fired as Norwalk’s Republican deputy registrar of voters, has been held in jail in lieu of bond since her arrest on Jan. 20.

Wink had a contentious relationship with her tenant, 54-year-old Kurt Lametta, dating to September 2020, when he allegedly stopped paying rent, police reports said.

According to an arrest warrant written by Norwalk Police Detective Lindsey Taylor, on Jan. 20, 2022, Wink let herself in to Lametta’s home on Nelson Avenue allegedly to clean out his refrigerator ahead of placing the property on the market for sale.

The ensuing confrontation, which Lametta captured on video with his phone held at his side, shows Wink standing opposite her tenant in the home’s kitchen, Norwalk Police Lt. Art Weisgerber wrote in his warrant.

“Just as Wink turns around and appears to walk away from Lametta, two gunshots are heard and Wink is heard saying, ‘You b——-d’ as she proceeds to walk toward Lametta through the kitchen while firing a handgun at Lametta who eventually runs into the living room and collapses,” Weisgerber wrote in a separate warrant.

The video shows Wink pick up Lametta’s cellphone, walk outside and throw it. It landed in nearby bushes, the warrant stated.

A police officer later recovered the phone when it was heard ringing, Taylor wrote.

In a call to a 911 dispatcher following the fatal shooting, Wink said she went to Lametta’s apartment to do some cleaning when he came at her, according to the police report. The report stated Wink can be heard yelling “he was after me” in the 911 call.

“She said ‘I am so tired of this guy, he is on the floor,’” Detective John Sura wrote in his report regarding Wink’s conversation with the 911 dispatcher. “She said that she had kept telling him to get out and had enough. Wink continued rambling about issues Kurt Lametta caused.”

According to the police report, Wink also told a first responding officer that she had fired a revolver registered to her five times at Lametta, adding he was “(expletive) driving me nuts.”

Wink is next expected to appear in court on Jan. 18.