ASHLEY Judd has opened up about her horrific childhood. In her new book All That Is Bitter & Sweet, the actress reveals that she was raped repeatedly and suffered through a horrific, abuse-filled childhood that left her with deep psychological scars. In the tome, Judd says her upbringing was so torturous that the only way she could think to make the ache in her heart lessen was to die.

LEXINGTON, MI- -The U.S. Marshal’s Service on Saturday arrested a man wanted in Lee County for violating his probation on charges of child abuse. Eric Harder, one of Southwest Florida’s “Most Wanted” fugitives, was arrested at a bar in Lexington, Michigan. He had reportedly been on the run in Lee County since 2006 for violating his probation. Investigators say in 2004 he beat two young children he was taking care of.

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Hendersonville police have arrested a 42-year-old man after an 11-year-old girl was injured and needed medical attention.Police said they conducted an investigation Sunday that resulted in the arrest of Scott Allen Neal, of Imperial Point, in Hendersonville.

WINNSBORO (KYTX) – Former Winnsboro band director Paul Bramlett, plead guilty Friday in Franklin County to sexual assault of a child and child indecency charges. Bramlett was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two 10 year probated sentences.

Marshfield, Mo. – Marlin Dallas Lane, a 29-year-old Missouri man was jailed Friday after he allegedly raped a 2-year-old girl who was later diagnosed with genital warts. According to the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Lane raped a toddler 18 months ago, which may have gone unreported if the child had she not contracted the sexually transmitted disease, genital warts.

Phoenix, Arizona – Wendy Fuentes, a 20-year-old Arizona woman was jailed after she allegedly allowed her toddler daughter to play with a loaded gun as the incident was video recorded. According to police, officers were investigating an area shooting when they received permission to search a vehicle that contained a camera inside.

Florida–An 18-year-old Port Richie man has been arrested and charged with 1st-degree aggravated child abuse of a 8-month-old girl. Richard M. Amabile first told doctors and police that the infant accidentally fell off of a table and hit her head. After confronted with inconsistencies in his story, he broke down and admitted to shaking and throwing the baby when she wouldn’t stop crying.

When staff members at the Healing Place were reviewing the number of clients they saw from June through December 2010, they found an alarming trend. Not only did the number rise considerably — by 46 percent — but they saw a dramatic increase in the number of children younger than 12 who were victims of sexual abuse. The number of children 12 or younger seeking help at the Healing Place jumped from 72 in 2009 to 115 in 2010.

GRANITE QUARRY — A Granite Quarry man is behind bars, charged with felony child abuse for hitting a 5-year-old boy, causing bruising and giving the boy a concussion, according to an arrest warrant with the Granite Quarry-Faith Police Authority.

The father and former manager of the band 5 Browns, Keith Brown, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Provo, Utah on Thursday. Back in February, Brown pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his three daughters while they were children. According to the Associated Press, Judge David Mortensen sentenced Brown to 10 years to life on the first count of sodomy with a child, and 15 years to life on each of the two counts of sexual abuse of a child. Before handing down the sentence, Mortensen said, “I do believe, sir, that you are a pedophile, and I do believe that you are a danger to society.”

PHOENIX — A Mesa woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 death of her baby daughter. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Shawnte Shuree Jones will have to serve 35 years of her sentence before she can apply for parole. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Friday also sentenced Jones to a consecutive 17-year prison term for child abuse.

Bobby Collins Jr., 25, has been charged with two county of serious bodily injury to a child.Houston police said Collins was was watching his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son March 3. The boy was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital and doctors said he had two swollen black eyes, two fractures in his right arm and a hemorrhage in his head that required a blood transfusion.

An East Hampton man walked into East Hampton Town Police headquarters and told stunned officers he had sexually abused at least three children, police said Friday. Henry P. Lopez-Gonzalez, 27, who police said is believed to be in the U.S. illegally from Ecuador, was arrested following an investigation and charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual act, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and six counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Rhode Island —- A Providence high school wrestling coach was arrested for child pornography, indecent solicitation of sex a minor and extortion. Police say that Joseph Simone, 21, posed as a teen girl online and coerced a 15-year-old boy into masturbating, which he recorded in real time.