A Lengthy Island postal employee helped an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainee quickly escape custody outdoors and tore into brokers in two languages, in line with a felony criticism unsealed Thursday.
Tamara Mayorga-Wong, 57, allegedly opened the door of an official car in entrance of the Westhampton Publish Workplace and instructed a handcuffed detainee within the backseat to run for it earlier than making an attempt to drive away in her personal automotive, court docket paperwork mentioned.
Cops caught up with the unidentified detainee and arrested Mayorga-Wong after she fled by way of the constructing, bought into her automotive in a again car parking zone, locked herself and tried to drive away, the data mentioned.
Brokers then repeatedly instructed her to get out of the car earlier than she was forcibly eliminated, court docket data claimed.
“Why are you doing this to your individuals?” she yelled repeatedly to brokers in Spanish and English after she was taken into custody, kicking at officers and “flailing her arms,” in line with the paperwork.
She then requested whether or not the brokers have been from Mexico and whether or not they had kids, in line with the criticism towards her.
“What are you going to inform your kids about what you do?” she railed, the paperwork mentioned.
Mayorga-Wong had allegedly seen brokers in “HSI Police” jackets seize a person outdoors the submit workplace and demanded to see a warrant saying “you may’t do that,” in line with court docket paperwork.
Brokers allegedly instructed her she may see the warrant on the native workplace and was offered an handle earlier than she helped the detainee quickly escape, the court docket paperwork mentioned.
Mayorga-Wong is now going through costs of federal obstruction, which might carry as much as 20 years in federal jail relying on the statute prosecutors apply.
It’s unclear if Mayorga-Wong knew the detainee. Particulars of the detainee’s arrest or the place he was being held weren’t instantly identified.
At her arraignment in Suffolk County federal court docket on Thursday, Mayorga-Wong appeared shackled on the ankles, scanning the gallery for her household as she cried quietly earlier than the choose took the bench.
She was launched the identical day from Suffolk jail after posting a $50,000 bond.
Attorneys for each events declined to remark outdoors of court docket.
