Sentencing for Walker aide likely to be postponed

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County judge is expected to postpone the sentencing of a former Scott Walker aide convicted of two misdemeanors.

Darlene J. Wink is due in court Tuesday afternoon. The 61-year-old was an aide to Gov. Walker when he was the Milwaukee County executive.

Wink pleaded guilty in February to working on Walker’s gubernatorial campaign on county time.

Defense attorney Peter Wolff and prosecutor Bruce Landgraf will ask that sentencing be postponed. Wolff told The Associated Press there are some elements of a deferred prosecution that are still being worked out.

The judge is expected to grant the postponement.

Wink is the first person convicted as a result of a secret investigation into Walker’s Milwaukee County staff. Four others also face charges. Walker has not been charged.