TACOMA, Wash. -- Offers of bail money from around the country have been offered for the woman accused of beating a sex offender with a baseball bat.

Forty-year-old Tammy Gibson attacked 24-year-old William Baldwin late Monday at a trailer park near Puyallup after sex offender notification fliers were posted in the neighborhood. The fliers detailed Baldwin's conviction for molesting two 5-year-old girls when he was a teenager.

As far as the law is concerned, Gibson's assault on a convicted sex offender was a crime. However, a lot of people see the attack as an act of heroism, and they want to let Gibson know they are on her side.

“As soon as they seen her on TV, they called here. As a matter of fact, we got three or four calls right away,” said Tony Hyatt, Gibson’s brother.

After KIRO-7 aired a jailhouse interview Thursday with Gibson following her arrest, she’s been getting calls from people around the country.

Hyatt said he's even had some offers of money to bail Gibson out of jail.

“Basically we just told them to call the bail bondsmen, because they wanted to put money on the books to help her and get her bailed out,” said Hyatt.

Even one local bail bond company agreed to put up bail at half price, said Gibson’s family.

William Baldwin said he understands Gibson's anger. In a jailhouse interview, Baldwin said he is not only a sex offender, but was also the victim of sexual abuse.

I did wrong to kids and people, but I mean nobody should ever have to go through that. I went through it myself,” said Baldwin.

Some neighbors said Gibson went too far.

“I don't agree with what she did, at all. You know it's wrong to go after somebody and take justice into your own hands,” said neighbor Dawn Northern.

Others think she did the right thing.

“I actually think that she did a good deed, because you know what? Now he's sitting in jail,” said neighbor Janet Hauff.

As of Friday afternoon, Gibson was still behind bars, but she could be out soon.

Baldwin is still in jail, facing charges of failing to register as a sex offender.