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MISHAWAKA, Indiana (CNN) -- The woman caught on videotape apparently beating her young daughter in a parking lot, said Saturday that she was not a monster and that her daughter should not have to pay for her mistake.
Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 26, was accompanied by her husband, Johnny Toogood; her lawyer, Steven Rosen; and the alleged victim -- their 4-year-old daughter, Martha -- as she turned at the Mishawaka Police Department. She was released on $5,000 bail a few hours later.
Martha was taken to a hospital for medical tests and then Child Protective Services officials decided to place her with a foster family in St. Joseph County until it can be determined if a member of her own extended family can take care of her, St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Toth.
At a news conference after her release, Gorman Toogood emotionally criticized officials' decision not to let her husband or another family member care for Martha.
"A mistake, that's what happened. A mistake happened. A mistake I made happened ... I apologize for it, there is nothing more I can do than that, but my child shouldn't pay for a mistake I made, and that is what she is doing," she said, crying.
"I'm not a monster," Gorman Toogood added, declining to explain what made her so angry that she attacked her daughter.
As a condition of bail, Gorman Toogood will be allowed only supervised visits with Martha. She also will not be able to visit her two sons, ages 5 and 6, without supervision, either. The two boys will be living with their father.
"The family is traumatized that this child ... is now going to be placed in a strange home, and to me, that is very detrimental ... bordering on abuse," Rosen told reporters after his client was released. "(Everyone) has told me that it is not an abusive home, what you have observed on film, yes, is mentally and physically abusive. It happened."
"I think it was clear here, the young lady lost her temper and instead of losing her temper, if she had learned and practiced the proper procedures when she loses her temper this probably wouldn't have happened. And that's what she needs to learn," he added.
Detectives questioned Gorman Toogood Saturday evening for about an hour, Toth said. He said her attorney was present and that Gorman Toogood waived her rights and agreed to be interviewed. She was then taken to the county jail to be booked on a felony charge of battery against a child.
An arraignment is scheduled for Monday.
The charge carries a possible prison sentence of six months to three years, Toth said.
Several family members gathered at the police station as Gorman Toogood turned herself in.
Police have been searching for Gorman Toogood since September 13, when a surveillance camera in a department store parking lot videotaped her apparently slapping and punching the girl inside an SUV, after first looking around to see if anyone was watching.
After several days of fruitless searches for the girl and her mother, authorities gave the tape to the news media, and it began airing nationwide Thursday. Only then did Gorman Toogood, through her lawyer, begin talking with Toth's office about surrendering. Toth said no deals were made to encourage her to surrender.
Rosen said the scene on the tape "is not what you think it is. It was a bad moment at a bad time."
"The mother obviously used very poor judgment," he said. "She's very remorseful. She regrets it, and I'm here to say that she's not an enemy."
Another woman seen on the videotape, identified by police as Gorman Toogood's sister, Margaret Daley, has been arrested and charged with failing to report child abuse and assisting a criminal, authorities said. The sister was "not cooperating" with authorities, said prosecutor Maggie Jones.
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