So she wont take it easy on you in that way. Reporter students describe leslie as someone they respect and adore. A woman who always pushes her students to do better. She is one of the most brilliant woman you will ever talk to. It happened friday near passea verdict parkway in green valley ranch. Detectives say this is the man responsible. 23yearold michael mattingly. The ground and kicked her. Police say he was on supervised release because of a separate battery case from earlier this year. Its definitely been an emotional couple days to have something to horrible happen to a great person feels very heavy. Reporter for leslies students, the attack is heart breaking and terrifying. And they want to know why it happened. We just want her back. We love her as a professor. Just to hear her voice and see her smile again whats reporter so why would anyone attack Leslie Griffin . That is the big question tonight. Police do not know a motive for the attack but we could get answers on monday. That is when he the accused attacker is expected to face a judge in court. Reporting live tonight from unlv, kelsey thomas, news 3. Reed thank you. Henderson one of americas safest cities has seen an unusual spike in crime. Murders and other Violent Crimes are slightly on the rise in henderson. News 3s Antonio Castelan joins us live in whats leading to this crime spike . Reporter theres no clear reason for the upswing in crime. Its just happening. Henderson police say theyre reaching out to Community Associations and telling the people there that they need to keep an eye out for anything suspicious. The assault of a unlv law professor, a brazen car jacking in a driveway, and the murder of a man driving home, these have out of henderson. And the crime stats in henderson show the numbers for murders, robberies and aggravated assaults are on the rise. Unfortunately, there have been a lot of opportunities for crime to occur in the city of henderson. And, unfortunately, these are crimes that can be prevented. Reporter Police SpokespersonMichelle French has seen the unusual crime wave. Statistics show compared to last year the homicide rate has almost doubled. The report shows aggravated assaults are on pace to be 30 more per 100,000 people compared to residents to assist us. By doing that, that means being aware, taking care of yourself, being aware of your surroundings, watching out for your neighbors. Reporter henderson resident Kathy Ferguson tells us she notices the crime problems happening in a place often identified by the fbi as one of the safest places to live in the united states. I believe its becoming a trend. Because i believe many places are becoming more unsafe. Reporter caesar loves living in henderson. Mean, crime happens everywhere. If you think its not going to happen, you under the dark about it, i guess. Reporter Henderson Police stress people need to keep an eye out for one another. Jim . Jim antonio, thank you for that. Metro Police Investigating a deadly stabbing. The victim was found at an apartment on east flamingo. Tonight police are releasing some video that they say shows a person of interest. Not a suspect at this point. Walking through the lobby of the apartment complex early yesterday evening with the Person Police want to talk to. I am just being told we dont have that video to show you but i can tell you the man had dark hair and a beard. Ive seen the video. And metro figures he is between 25 and 35 years old. The victims car is missing as well. A honda fit like this one. Its got a nevada license plate number 458llc. Know who they are talking about with that man call crimestoppers at 7023855555. Reed go to jim news3lv lv and reednews3lv and well get the image later. A man who changed his name to pirate has been extradited from alaska to las vegas to face charges of sexual assault. According to metro the case dates back to february of 2004. They say a woman was beaten and raped. Pirate had seen similar and other charges in the alaska b the victim in the case died. People who know pirate in alaska tell news 3 over the phone theyre not surprised by the latest charges. He just seemed like a predator type. And so i put a lot of warnings out about this guy. Reed pirate was brought to las vegas just a few days ago. He is expected in the clark county courtroom thursday morning. Jim a teachers assistant at Pahrump Valley high who worked with special need students is now accused of nye county detectives arrested Jose Bautista yesterday. They say the alleged assault happened at his home after he had lewd conversations with the 17yearold on social media and they tell us bautista was under the influence of drugs at the time. Reed new allegations ur surface against republican president ial nominee donald trump tonight. The New York Times is reporting two women have come forward claiming Republican Trump inappropriately touched them. One woman says trump groped her during a flight three decades ago. The other says she was inappropriately touched while meeting trump in 2005 at trump tower in new york. He is now threatening to sue the New York Times over the report jooichl we are less than a month away from electing a new president. Tonight another one of the candidates is campaigning in battleground nevada again. Donald trump was here last week. Hillary clinton about to take the stage at the smith center for performing arts tonight. John treanor is there. I know you have been watching how big is it . Reporter weve been here since about 2 00. People were here long before us. Flight you can see its just starting to fill in. A lot of people of waiting to get in. Its going to be about 7 15 when the secretary comes to speak. What you see in front of you are union members. You see clinton supporters. People who are decidedly with her. What we cannot find are undecided voter and independents. This is a strongly proclinton group as you mightxp late in the game. But what they talk about is what they want to hear from this candidate that might sway those independent voters. Its been a busy day on the campaign. You mentioned that donald trump article out of the New York Times where two women accused him of physically groping them. Weve also confirmed from the campaign here, the clinton campaign, that campaign chairmans twitter account was hacked today. They didnt want to hear about that in the crowd behind me. Rights. They want to hear about environmental issues. They want to hear about healthcare and what the Clinton Administration would do with obama care. Thats the issue theyre focus on. Thats the issues they think will sway an election. An election that begins in ten days when people can start early voting. If you have not registered to vote, six days before you can do that online. And we have a big debate coming up one week from today. That debate might focus more on issues as well. It should be a beautiful night 2016. In las vegas, john treanor, news 3. Jim thank you. And both campaigns really hoping to get our electoral votes. Vice President Joe Biden will be here tomorrow to campaign for clinton and Senate CandidateCatherine Cortezmasto. His rally at the culinary hall on commerce. The doors open at 10 45 a. M. You need to rsvv and we have a link on news3lv. Com just search for joe biden. Day what will have the greatest affect on your vote . The recent trump video or the recent trump story in the New York Times today or perhaps Hillary Clintons leaked e mailz. The debates maybe are they swaying or maybe the candidates policies. Take our poll by heading to our website. We love hearing from you. A husband comes to las vegas for a little get away and a conference. Jim a little business. A little pleasure as well. His wife sends him off with dog tags in case he gets away. And ts their vegas vacation story is amusing. Thats coming up. Reed tsa screeners have seen it all. Well this after live crabs were found in checked luggage and held at the airport. Ahead, where are the crabs today. It is a warm receive thing across Southern Nevada as you can see. 85 at the airport. Going to be a warm day tomorrow. Then the winds are going to kick in. Boy, do i have a forecast for you. Weve got it up ahead. Jim coming up, the state stadium for the raiders here in las vegas. Will the Assembly Follow suit . The latest from carson city coming up. Reed thats at 6 30. Jim childs one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. Most with no background checks, no questions asked. The law requires background checks in gun stores; why dont we require them online . A few clicks of the mouse, now a bad guy is armed and potentially dangerous. And thats a threat to all of us. Narrator vo yes on question 1 im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists. Well see donald trump become president. I dont know what i said, aah. Narrator heck says he completely supports trump. I would bomb the [bleep] out of them. Narrator and heck . Reporter you trust him having his finger on the Nuclear Button . Heck i do. Reporter why do you say that . Heck why wouldnt i . Narrator donald trump and joe heck. Its not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. And so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. Im a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. My son max cant live in trump world. So im crossing party lines and voting for hillary. I dont always agree with her, but shes reasonable. And shes smart. She can work with people to solve problems. When it really mattered. Jim just when they thought they had seen everything, here is a new one for employees at the nevada spca. Reed crabs. Theyre asked to find homes for these unusual critters confiscated of all places at Mccarran Airport. Jim news 3s denise rosch is live at mccarran to fill in the blanks here. Were hearing these animals were found last week by tsa . Reporter jim and reed, we all know we cant take weapons or a certain amoun o but what about an animal that can pinch you . That is exactly what was found here in a checked piece of luggage at mccarran. Now the nevada spca, theyre handling it from here. Everyone goes home. Every life is precious. Reporter Laura Rodriguez has seen her share of unusual cases at the nevada spca. From the sugar glider to alpacas. Reporter with close to they do. But this week a new challenge. We got a phone call asking if we would accept them and, of course, yes. Reporter seven land crabs. Something employees here call a first. The staff, volunteers are great once we get unique ones we step up, we start doing the research, find the proper way to take care of them all. Reporter the crabs were confiscated from a checked bag at Mccarran Airport late last week. According to a spokesperson for tsa, a outgoing delta flight. Although the crabs were considered a security threat, its up to the individual carrier whether such a find is allowed on board. And this time the critters were diverted to the shelter. I think it was horrible. These little guys deserve better. Reporter saved from an unknown fate and put up for adoption. Turns out they probably wont be here for long. I have a marine buy log background. These in the desert. Reporter reed stopped in today to adopt two of the crabs. Animals that now must be raised as pets. Hardly the furry lap animals the shelter typically handles. We are going to find them forever, kind, loving homes that respect them as an individual. Reporter now originally there were 11 four of them died. From what we can find, the person who packed them, hasnt been charged with any crime. But every airline has whats called terms of carriage. Most of us dont read it. It is thick and bulky. But issues like this, animals in packed luggage, the dos and donts, theyre included. Reporting live im denise for news 3. Back to you in the studio. Jim okay. Well the rules things you find out about this job. Reed only on news 3 right. By the way, that video showed lettuce. Not to be eaten. They are actually eating the lettuce. We want to make that clear. Jim theyre not the meal. Glad that worked out. Now we want to check in with downtown jerry brown in for kevin tonight. Reed thats right our weather authority. Is it salad weather or soup. That last story had legs to it. [ laughter ] lets go to it. It was i think it was a pretty nice day today. A lot of people like it cooler. We started oit down old henderson way. You can see our skies got milky this afternoon. And were seeing breaks now. Kind of a pretty sunset isnt it . Down at cadence, lake mead parkway and warm springs. Its 85 degrees. South wind at five. 16 percent in the teens for the relative humidity. As is the case in our downtown las vegas studios. 83 degrees. Our winds are calm. Cooler on the west side, 78 at west tech, charleston and the 83 Spring Valley nellis area. 81 centennial. And 83 in downtown henderson. We take a look around Southern Nevada. Mid50s up on the mountain. 85 in overton and 79 in pahrump. Take a look at our official readings for the day. And a pair of eights for the airport. Six full degrees above normal. Our seventh day above normal this month. The air quality today . Very good. But i am expecting that to deteriorate over the weekend. Will issue a dust advisory over the weekend. And, you know, with the winds, pollen, not a good situation. Theres clouds that zipped through after morning sunshine as i said. You had that onshore flow. But of more interest is whats going up here. Big low moved out of the gulf alaska. That is going to hammer the northwest coast. You can see the rain developing along the frontal system. Its affect on us will be one of winds. On the edge of your screen you can see hurricane nicole. Boy, just got upgraded to a category 3 storm. 115mileanhour winds. You know where its headed . One of my Favorite Places in the world, the island of bermuda. Should get there tomorrow. Hopefully as a category 2 and not as a category 3. Thats forecast track from the hurricane center. Overnight low. A little nippy tonight. 39 overnye county. 62 overton. 60 searchlight. 30s up on the mountain. Temperatures are going to stay constant. Were going transition to a warmer period and a cooler one ahead. 61 overnight in the city. Well see upper fiftys in outlying areas. Tomorrow 88, warm and dry. Plan your day. 7 00 a. M. , 63 to 82 at noon and 87 at 5 00 p. M. Here is your 7day forecast, gentlemen. You can see we do cool off. Lower 80s by next week. Were elevating your conversation. I tried. A lot of pressure. Reed youve got a very nice as cot thereier jerry. I like your ties. Yours to. [ laughter ] we could go on all night. Reed our viewers are like go. Jim plane crashes into a neighborhood and tonight investigators say that was done on purpose. Reed a student pilot died. Tonight authorities describe plane went down. Jim and a wife sends her hubby off on a vegas vacation with a tag clipped to him explaining what to do if someone finds him just aimlessly wandering around town. The rest of that story is up im one of the lucky ones. I had breast cancer, but they caught it in time. There are many women who depend on planned parenthood for that kind of screening and care. So ill never understand politicians like congressman heck, who tried to defund planned parenthood. He was even willing to shut down the government over it. Heck was opposed to roe v. Wade and tried to criminalize abortion. Thats just shameful, its just wrong, it doesnt help anybody. The desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. But hiding the evidence wont help danny tarkanian. Sure, he can bury all those property taxes he skipped out on for years. Or all those Fake Charities he helped set up. Or the scams against seniors he formed. Or the 17 million judgment he never paid. He can try, but he cant make his record disappear. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Youve heard plenty about joe heck and the tax breaks hes voted for. For Oil Companies and the millions the Oil BillionaireKoch Brothers have spent to elect him. Bad enough. But heck voted time and time again to limit nevada solar. Risking jobs and higher rates. For nevada families, its personal. Edf action and Lcv Victory Fund are responsible for the reed unlv will be working with nasas deep Space Exploration program to help send humans farther into space than ever before. The school is partnering with Aerospace CompanyLockheed Martin which will provide unlv 5 million to engineer. The project will support nasas orion proam humans to places like mars and even asteroids. You might have caught president obamas recent words. He said his goal was to see humans land on mars by 2030. Here on the ground, lost in las vegas. Jim were talking about a list of instructions a california woman sent along with her husband just in case he got lost on his trip to las vegas without her to watch out for him. The playful joke between jim and traveled here to las vegas for a baking convention. The couple owns a donut shop in san francisco. The note adds advice on what to feed jim if you find him staring blankly at a menu. It ends with praise for jims loving wife of 23 years. Reading, ive never been away from my wife who does everything for me. Well thats of course not completely true. Their son brandon told us it is a playful shot at his fathers childlike humor. He likes to not because he likes to get away from the group but just like he is curious. At a casino hell drift off while everybody is talking. Jim i like the guy already right . Never grow up. Mr. And mrs. Gip dont quite understand why this is getting so much attention and initially they forgot to block out their phone number which well doing here on the post. So a lot of people felt compelled to pick up the phone so theyve been overwhelmed. Reed i think he should drift from the tables an come over to news 3. Well buy him dinner. One of the nations biggest bankers out of a job. Jim details on the departure of the chairman of wells fargo. Reed samsung offering galaxy seven owner as safe way to send their phones back. The crowd is building at the smith center in downtown waiting for democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton to take the stage. S band out there right now. Well keep an eye on whats going on down there and bring you highlights when she starts jim childs one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. Millions of guns are sold through websites like this, most with no background checks, no questions asked. The law requires background checks in gun stores; why dont we require them online . A few clicks of the mouse, now a bad guy is armed and potentially dangerous. And thats a threat to all of us. Narrator vo yes on question 1 how tall are you . How do we measure greatness in america . No. Its measured by what we do for our children. The values we pass on. Ive spent my life fighting for kids and families and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work take them. That means good schools for every child in every zip code. College that leads to opportunities. Not debt. Family of their own. We face big challenges, but we can solve them the same way families do. Working together. Respecting one another. And never giving up. I want our success to be measured by theirs. Jim a day off in carson city as lawmakers take a break to observe yom kippur. But an official day off doesnt mean the fine art of persuasion isnt underway. Were talking politics after all. Jeff gillan at t watching whats happening. Reporter good evening from the capitol. After the past two days everybody needed this day to regroup. Last night the Senate Passed that bill to expand the Convention Center and to build an nfl stadium in las vegas. It now moves to the state assembly. It is a beautiful october day. Not much happening except one of the states most high powered lobbyists coming out of an Assembly Democrats office. The message really is about what the facts, the facts of