Department says Jacki Freeman and Abby Hedengran did have a license for special conditions animals. Jacki freeman has been charged with animal cruelty. Several of the cats were found locked in rooms where they had been urinating and defecating on the walls. Just last monday. Another woman was arrested in nye county on felony child endangerment. Theft and having exotic animals illegally. Trisha meyer was takend into custody after neighbors spoted three tigers running around the backyard with her 14 yeard daughter. Meyer is originally from texas where she lived with multiple other animals like panthers. Monkeys. And skunks. She had permits in texas but not in pahrump. We do have a crew enroute. Switching gears. Baby its cold outside. We are finally feeling a chill in the valley. Chief meteorologist ted pretty joins us at the forecast. Toss to weather as cold as it was this morning, temperatures will be even colder friday morning around southern nevada. Overnight lows drop into the low 40s and upper 30s around the las vegas valley, staying above freezing tonight. Outside the valley, temperatures will be colder for pahrump and kingman where lows bottom out between 25 and 30 degrees. A freeze warning is in effect for those neighborhoods from midnight to 7 a. M. Friday. High temperatures remain below average on friday with low 60s in las vegas. Temperatures moderate this weekend with upper 60s; sunday will feature some more cloud cover as a system moves in for monday. Look for more clouds on monday with the chance of a few showers. Were dry leading up to thanksgiving with holding in the 60s. One person is dead. After a crash at a busy intersection. And now police are searching for the driver. It happened just around 5 30 onflamingo near torrey pines. Police say the driver of a mustang lost control of the car. And slid across the center median. Thats when the mustang was hit by a truck. The passenger in the mustang was killed. The driver then walked away from the scene,. Police are now looking for that person. It is unclear if speed or impairment were factors in the crash. Accused of luring children into his apartment with candy and molesting them. Police tell us azucena was abusing young girls for months tonight fox5s Miguel Martinez valle sat down with a mom who says azucena abused all three of her daughters. Miguel, she told you her family has been living a nightmare. The mother i spoke to today says her family trusted azucena, her three daughters had known him their whole lives. Him grandpa. S es doloroso porque. Son mis tres ninas. Amanda moizas three daughters have known jose azucena their whole lives, the family knew him as david the little girls called him grandpa arrested jose azucena for sex crimes commited against children. Fox5 went through the arrest report. 11 pages of disturbing statements. In those pages, children, including moizas three daughters. All of which are younger than 10 years old, explained how azucena lured them into his home with candy and touched them. One girl told officers azucena used tape to tie her up all the girls told police he showed them pornography on his phone. Threatened to kill their parents if they told on him. < mom he said he would kill you and he would kill my dad moiza tells me 5 young victims have come forward. Even though azucena is in jail, the girls have nightmares, worried he will be back. Away. Mmv, ffn, ll in the report it says that azucena was convicted of manslaughter in california and had been deported out of the usa twice. He is charged with kidnapping, Sexual Assault of a minor, and lewdness with a minor soc a former strip illusionist pleads guilty to possessing and distributing thousands of pictures and videos of young children. Jan rouven faces more than fi prison. Under the plea he will have to register as a sex offender, and possibly face deportation after prison. He will be sentenced in march. Rouven headlined the new illusions show at the tropicana until his arrest this past march. A unlv student leaving the library was attacked while walking to her car earlier this week. The student told police it happened around eight tuesday night. Police say the man attacked her from behind. The man is still on the run. Students are now those who take night classes are worried about their commute. Its super scary to hear that thats going on in our campus just because, we stay here until midnight, one , two oclock in the morning sometimes and we hope to be safe because its our campus. We basically live here studying all night. Unlv Police Offers escorts 24 hours a day and unlv has Emergency Crisis Services available to students for things ranging from assault to health care. A road closure could cause a major traffi up this weekend. Starting tomorrow night ndot crews are closing both east and west bound 2 15 at the airport connector. It will be closed through monday morning. Crews will be installing parts of the flyover ramp over the highway. If you are going to the airport. You can still use the airport connector but should expect a lot of delays. For a complete list of the closures. And alternate routes. Be sure to download our fox5 mobile app. You can can get it kris bryant has a nice new title to perfectly complement his world series win. Get a good look at your 2016 National League most valuable player. Its kris bryant of the chicago cubs clapping the chicago cubs slugger and Bonanza High School grad has been named the 2016 National League mvp the mvp honor comes after only his Second Season in the major leagues. Bryant won the rookie of the year title last year. Following bryce harper this is the second year in a row a las vegas native has walked away with the m vp title. The unlv Football Team is playing on national tv tomorrow night in a rare friday game. But it will be no easy task as the rebels will take on 22nd ranked boise state. Fox 5 sports director Kevin Bolinger joins us from boise with a preview. Kevin the rebels have some momentum coming off a thrilling triple overtime win against wyoming who had beaten boise state just two weeks earlier. But unlv has never won in obstacles to overcome if they want to be competitive in this one. Video boise state has turned into a program thats in the National Spotlight delivering a high flying offense that has turned plenty of heads. The broncos have the top ranked total offense and passing game in the mountain west. Quarterback brett rypien has put up big numbers once again and gets help from running back Jeremy Mcnichols who is fifth in the nation in rushing. Defensively boise has given up some this season and ranks 10th of 11 teams in the conference in pass defense. But throwing the football isnt exactly unlvs strength. With devonte boyd being lost for the season with a broken left arm suffered in saturdays win against wyoming that means all four starting Wide Receivers for the rebels at the start of the season are out for the year with injury leaving two true freshman and a converted defensive back as the main options. Quarterback dalton sneed who lost his starting job to kurt papandech volunteered this week to move to wide receiver to head football coach were down so we moved dalton out and hes going to play some receiver this week. Hes made some great catches and hes a competitior and great athlete. He came to us and said hey i want to help the team and it was a great idea. Then theres boises Home Field Advantage where teams have struggled to win on the smurf turf. Its expected to be cold and the crowd will be rocking on senior day the last chance for fans to see this years team at home. Ben weaver boise state senior linebacker 26 24 its cold its crisp and the atmosphere is electric, our stadium is so compact, so tight that it gets loud and it gets energized and the people in boise know it gets cold so it doesnt hurt them or affect them as much as it will other people and especially us players. It definitely provides somewhat of an advantage but yeah theres nothing like playing friday night lights in a little bit of crisp weather. 26 50 kevin tony sanchez is trying to keep his team loose they went and saw the new jack reacher movie tonight and will go through a light practice at a local High School Friday morning. Kickoff is set for 6 oclock las vegas time on espn 2. The rebels are 28 point underdogs. With unlv football in news local las vegas. Dont forget to catch kevin and coach sanchez for all of the highlights and post game analysis plus a preview of next weeks battle for the fremont cannon against unr. Its all in the rebzone sunday night at 11 following fox5 news at ten and sports plus. When we come back, a fox5 news special report physically, hes a grown man. Mentally, hes a toddler. As people like zach get older, it becomes more and more difficult. The public is less understanding. Less kind. Zach needs constant supervision. Well introduce you to the single mom trying her best to take care of her adult autistic son. Where and how she gets help, and why shes worried about her sons something went horribly wrong. butt to i was screaming hes autistic. If you keep restraining m make him worse. I was grabbed by my shoulders and pushed out of my sons room. Judy mckim is recalling a time when police came into her home. For a domestic disturbance call. It was actually her autistic son zach having an episode. The ordeal inspired the henderson mom to paint on her garage wall warning people loud noises and sometimes intense situations are just a normal part of their family dynamic. Fox5s Abby Theodros got to know the mother and son and tonight tells us to raise an autistic adult as she ages with him. Abby since september. Ive been in touch with judy and zach. Judy gave up her personal life and career goals to make the best life for her son. And as they both get older theyre one of thousands of autistic families struggling to make long term plans for their children. Judy mckim looking at baby picture of zach i love that picture of him judy mckim knew zach was different before he could walk judy the vacancy in his eyes. That wherever he is, hes in chaos. Call it a mothers instinct. Judy and her then husband jon had trouble conceiving and adopted zach in 1988 when he was two days old judy they told us he was a healthy baby boy. We already had a two year old child and we would not have taken in a totally brain injured child but by the time we found out, i loved him. Doctors diagnosed zach with severe that broke her family apart. Judy and jon divorced in 2004 strains they both say were rooted in raising zach. Her older son josh moved out at 18. Abby you dont really stay in touch with him that much . Judy not really. Hes mad because i didnt put zach in a home. nats of them together judy never left zach. Fast f a decadeand the duo spends most of their day at home. Zach is 28 with the brain function of a toddler. Judy is 59. [judy to zach you want this . Do you want one of these . You want this one . Zach points to taquitos. Judy more taquitos microwave beep. Judy hes into these now] judy [microwaving food] its my career. I was a photographer and a when i saw that my son needed me more than anything it became my career. Thats why at the end of my career, i still havent achieved a safe harbor for zachary. Judy is among the growing number of parents struggling to make long term plans for their children who cant take care of themselves. Nevada services more than 1700 autistic adults. Rickey scott, zachs patient care assistant provided by state in reality, there really isnt a future for a client like that. There would have to be someone like a relative and step up and do Something Like his mom does. For the rest of his life, because once shes done, who is going to be there . Its a question that keeps judy up at turned to the state for help and got emergency 24 hour care in july and august only because she was recovering from surgery and couldnt take care of zach. She says she was transitioned to respite care a service meant to give care givers like judy a break from their daily chores. Abby 3 hours a day do you think its enough . Rickey scott, care giver no. Its not. Fox5 talked to dr Eddie Ableser with services he told us they cant comment on individual cases but that respite care is in high demand and determined on a case by case basis Eddie Ableser respite designation is determined by the familys ability to care for the individual. And their skill set and the financial limitations that we have as well. Roughly a thousand nevadans are using the service each month. Another 532 are on the wait list. Ableser Respite Services are an amazing help for our families. But beyond just respite we have a whole host of other thingswe can provide. The states supported living Arrangement Service provides occasional to 24 hour care to families like judys. About two thousand nevadans use this resource each month. 450 people are on the wait list. Judy says she was never told about this service she plans to apply for round the clock care. Judy you want to dance . Music playing, zach not responsive judy says her familys future is uncertain music but shes determined to create the best life for her son music playing judy you going to dance . Come on dance with mommy judy im going to do whatever i need to do to get my son the appropriate programs. Im on my way out of this planet. I need a safe harbor for zach log judy shared that story to ignite change when it comes to care for autstic adults. She tells me shes going until she finds the right care for zach even if that means moving out of the state. Shes also working on a non profit in zachs honor encouraging families like hers to speak up and create new solutions. The state has other resources to help families like judys right now. We have a link to a list of those services on our website at fox5vegas dot com. Now fox5 weather 24 7 as cold as it was this morning, temperatures will be even colder friday morning around southern nevada. Overnight lows drop into the low 40s and upper 30s around the las vegas valley, staying above freezing tonight. Outside the valley, temperatures will be colder for pahrump and kingman where lows bottom out between effect for those neighborhoods from midnight to 7 a. M. Friday. High temperatures remain below average on friday with low 60s in las vegas. Temperatures moderate this weekend with upper 60s; sunday will feature some more cloud cover as a system moves in for monday. Look for more clouds on mond chance of a few showers. Were dry leading up to thanksgiving with temperatures holding in the 60s. Dennys knows the holidays should be shared with friends and family. Dennys new fluffier, tastier, rc pig farm is a breath of fresh air for People Living in north las vegas. The pig farm will set up a new home near apex. North las vegas mayor john lee is thrilled thousands of homes will remove the odor restrictions from their titles. Which could mean a dramatic increase in Property Values some neighbors say while their sad to see the pigs go they will not miss the smell. The election is over but many people are still feeling the post race blues. Unlv may have the solution for anyone who needs we decided to go ahead and create an opportunity for more people to be able to come in and talk about some of the feelings after the election and how to move forward in a way that was able to be supportive and helpful. The Group Sessions are free for unlv students and staff. The general public can attend for only ten dollars. If you dont feel comfortable talking in a group. You can also request a oneonone session. You can signup by calling the centers office. Lions, tigers, no bears. But plenty of o animals in pahrump. Tonight investigators tell us the owners werent taking care of them. Whos charged with animal cruelty, and where those for the second time this week in pahrump. Someone is in trouble with the law because of the exotic animals they were keeping on their property and in their house. These pictures you see behind us are the actual animals in question. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg is live tonight in pahrump breaking story. Closed captioning will resume shortly the Nye County Sheriffs Office says Jacki Freeman and Abby Hedengran had the correct permits to have all these animals. But had them living in conditions described by the Sheriffs Office as horrific. What youre seeing in these pictures is only some of the animals. In all. Authorities removed 15 exotic animals. 3 african lions. 2 females and 1 male. 1 bengal tiger. 8 lynx hybrid cats. 1 cervel caracal cat. A fennec fox. And a black panther. Both suspects had responsibility for the care and custody of these animals. But at this time. Only Jacki Freeman has been cited. Freeman faces a misdemeanor for animal cruelty. Closed captioning will resume shortly just last monday. Another woman was arrested in nye county on endangerment. Theft and having exotic animals illegally. Trisha meyer was takend into custody after neighbors spoted three tigers running around the backyard with her 14 yearold daughter. Meyer is originally from texas where she lived with multiple other animals like panthers. Monkeys. And skunks. She had permits in texas but not in pahrump. A teen is arrested after allegedly trying to run over a Police Officer earlier this week. Officer hinkley did not have the ability vehicle and at approximately 11 19 pm, officer hinkley fired a total of 10 rounds at prichard and his vehicle as it passed between him and the two vehicles. Police released the body cam footage of that shooting today. They say 18year old Daniel Prichard was driving an unregistered vehicle and tried to run over Police OfficerScott Hinkley during a stop. Officer hinkley fired at the car. But did not hit prichard. The officer is on routine paid leave while the incident is being reviewed. A man was shot in the leg during a robbery