A Westhampton mail carrier has been charged with obstructing a federal proceeding after she allegedly freed a man being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from a law enforcement vehicle, allowing him to briefly escape detention, federal court records show.

U.S. Magistrate Anne Shields ordered Tamara Mayorga-Wong, 57, of Westhampton Beach, released on $50,000 bond during an arraignment on Thursday afternoon at the Eastern District of New York courthouse in Central Islip.

Mayorga-Wong appeared frightened and anxious as she pleaded not guilty to the obstruction charge during Thursday’s hearing. She and her attorney, Felipe Garcia, of the Federal Defenders, declined to talk to reporters as they exited the courthouse.

Mayorga-Wong was wearing her U.S. Postal Service uni

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