Posted on 09/21/2002 2:46:55 PM PDT by GnuHere
Showed up in an SUV in Indiana.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISHAWAKA, Ind. —
Ending a weeklong search, a mother who was caught on film allegedly punching, shaking and slapping her daughter in a parking lot turned herself in to authorities Saturday.
Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 26, arrived at a police station late Saturday afternoon after meeting police with her lawyer, Steven Rosen, at an undisclosed location, according to Lt. Jeff Giannuzzi.
"It was a bad choice, and it was captured on Candid Camera," said Rosen Friday. "She's very remorseful. She regrets it."
The daughter, 4, was being examined in a hospital, prosecutor Chris Toth said. She was with her father, Johnny Toogood, grandparents and other relatives.
"She's safe. We just have to, at this point, make sure there are not any deeper physical injuries," Toth said. "She's a sweet, wonderful girl. Physically she looks fine."
An arrest warrant issued Friday charged Toogood with battery to a child, which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. Earlier a judge set her bond at $5,000, although prosecutors had requested a $50,000 bond because of her transient history, Toth said.
Toogood, who investigators said cooperated during a one-hour interview, was transferred to the county jail for booking, Toth said. She posted bond and was released Saturday night, decling to talk with reporters gathered outside the jail.
Before Toogood surrendered, Rosen said her extended family members and friends told him the child was fine and had been examined by a doctor. "The child was examined, and the child was mentally and physically stable," he said.
The girl was with her mother Friday night, and the woman's two sons, ages 5 and 6, were in "good, safe hands," Rosen said in Saturday's Chicago Sun-Times.
Rosen said Toogood grew up as part of a group of Texas-based Irish Travellers, itinerant laborers who often make their living with home-improvement and business-repair work, such as paving, painting and roofing.
Mishawaka authorities said they had no indication Toogood has ever been accused of abuse. However, they said she did have a history of retail store fraud.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday an arrest warrant was issued for Gorman on April 9 after she failed to pay a $202 traffic ticket for having no driver's license.
In May, Fort Worth police issued another warrant for Gorman's arrest after she failed to appear in court to face theft charges stemming from an alleged March 27 shoplifting incident at a Kohl's store there.
In the Indiana department store video, Gorman is seen placing her daughter onto the back seat of a sport utility vehicle in the store's parking lot, then pummeling, slapping and shaking the girl for several seconds.
The episode happened after the woman left the store angry over being refused a cash refund, authorities said.
Toogood's sister, 31-year-old Margaret Daley, who authorities say was with her at the store, was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor count of failure to report child abuse. Prosecutors later added a charge of assisting a criminal. Daley was released Friday after posting $2,150 bond.
Police received more than 1,000 calls about the video, which was first aired Wednesday night by local stations seeking the identity of the woman and girl.
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Nice try, though.
So just exactly what was it I was trying to do, Eggs? Can you determine that from my post, or do you just want to use the article I linked to to try to put words in my mouth?
Look, you can play posting games all you want. Any sober, reasonable person who sees this videotape will conclude there's a serious problem with the treatment of the child. As for no visible signs of injuries, we all know children are very resilient. She disappeared for a week and that's plenty of time for a bruise to heal.
This coming from the most meaningless poster on this board. I'm not sure what your reading comprehension level is, but I'm sure you were unable to fully grasp what I said.
One more session with the bong this evening ought to calm you down again, bud.
Well, you got the Bud part right, because Bud (the beer, not the weed), is the only intoxicant that I take in. Now tell me, what are you on?
Did I make any statement to the contrary in my post? Or are you making an assumption here?
"After being released from jail on bond, Toogood, of Mishawaka, admitted to reporters that she was wrong to beat the child,...
I'm glad she's OK and out of there. The 9 punches she got near the end of the tape might have broke her neck.
Did I say otherwise? If so, please quote me.
But clearly did not.
Sorry, but one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The word you left out is important because it states the "legal requirement" for conducting a criminal trial. Since we are not jrors in a trial we are free to believe the women guilty based on the video which is very compelling.
As to the other point, you wouldn't have seen anyting if you were walking by, The video shows the women look around to make sure there were no witnesses (so she thought) before whacking the kid.
Like I said, nice try.
You mean she WON'T be in the custody of CPS??
You are an idiot. You posted the very same article I linked to!
You post a bunch of quotes from FReepers, fifteen of whom you disparage, and three of whom you agree with, implying that those who think the child doesn't belong with mama right now are "wrong." Then, you spend the next ten posts backpedaling.
Why don't you defend your sorry self, instead of posting bullshit like "Did I say otherwise?" WHat you SAID, was the only FReepers who are correct are those who think we ought to turn our heads while a mother beats the hell out of her kid.
You must be having second thoughts.
But clearly did not.
189 posted on 9/21/02 8:29 PM Pacific by .30Carbine
AHA......so if it HAD broken her neck, THEN you'd think twice about it.
You're right, of course. Abusers's "rights" are often protected over the rights of the abused.
No. She will be. Out of reach of the criminal Traveller mob.
In what way have I departed from my 'original premise'? Do you even know what my origianl premise was?
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