The world series underway. Game one officially in the books. An arizona boys unbelievable feat. Timber lake in trouble. The selfie that could land him behind bars. The 12news night team tracking it all for you. 12news at 10 00 starts right now. Yeah, but what is that dot actually . You see that . I do see a little bit of a dot. Up first, 12news is breaking news. And people claiming they saw a ufo in the sky over the east valley. Christina seeing what she thinks might be a comet but wonders what the dot above it is. And todd posting a video on twitter a short time later around 6 30 showing what appears to be three strange looking lights in a row. That happened near queen creek wash. Tyler said i swear i just another person posted call himself legit said i saw a ufo driving to harkens. We are no stranger to strange lights. If you saw them, post them on our Facebook Page and we are working to find out what they are. A phoenix mother on lifetime probation for child abuse is back in jail to
Donald trump jr. Helps a stranded motorist in mesa. But was this a publicity stunt . We investigate and verify. 12news at 10 00 starts now. We begin with an exclusive 12news investigation. Heroin in the suburbs. If you dont think your children are vulnerable to encountering the drug, dont be so certain. New numbers released to 12news by the Arizona Department of help show the epidemic is worsening. With heroin related deaths last year alone, 238 people died from heroin related overdoses. Prescription opioid deaths were down, but still a staggering 401. Each represents many more addicts whose lives are spiraling out of control. The lucky ones are warning the others. Was alcohol. Reporter it was the early 90s and shane says like today, many parents were in denial or naive. Alcohol gave way to marijuana in high school which in college became Prescription Drug abuse. That is when the flood gates opened. I found myself, somebody who was physically addicted to heroin, meth, and cocaine. Repo
As expected that temperature dropping another degree. We do have some high clouds out there but those clouds thin out through the day. We end up with mostly sunny skies and a gorgeous day. A high of 82. Well talk about when rain chances are back next. Still a rough day on the roadways. A home in phoenix went up in flames. Sadly alternate of destruction here. Abc 15s katie connor. Anybody live there and if so whats happened to them . Gene ive learned this is an abandoned home behind me. They saw flames shooting through the roof. That all happened around 3 30 this morning. Crews can be here within 30 minutes. As you can see half the home is destroyed. We just saw and just a few hours investigators will be back out here digging through the rubble what caused this fire. But again this was an abandoned house. Another fire overnight. This one at an apartment complex. Were told those flames started in the kitchen of the down stairs unit and quickly burned to an up stairs unit. Mesa fire and r
To get by this. Lets switch over and give you a look at the big picture. I17 and the 10 youre also seeing some slow and go and those slick roads in the east valley. Well give you a closer look at that next. On the u. S. 60 heading westbound here. Were approaching the loop 101 right now. You see on the camera here or on our front windshield weve got those rain drops. One second it will be dry. Look at all of this. Can you see some of that coming down there as i move this camera around. You see those wet roads. We are tracking this right now. I believe were going to try and head north on the 101 here. As soon as we get a little bit more as a look to how it is there. Well let you guys know. Back to you. Breaking overnight several arrests made by Police Officers on 27th avenue. And i10. Phoenix police apparently got behind a stolen car. Several people were inside that car. Theyre now in custody. Im waiting to see if or what theyve been charged with and right up the street from this locatio
We have a institutional right to constitutional right to vote. Were in line. And he dust just proceeded to just proceeded to laugh. To do something. To make some changes. So people wont be frustrated and wont be discouraged. Standing in line for hours. Polling places closing early and lots of confusion. Voters who wanted to avoid voting early today, met with a lot of problems. We have Team Coverage tonight. Where voters waited in long lines. Were beginning to start in carefree where Amanda Goodman is live. Reporter yeah. You know, the voting location here, it closes at 4 30. And the people say thats all well and good, but they claim the workers here actual closed a little bit before 4 30 and then they called the them. Before for kevin white and about 14 hours who waited outside this afternoon, the opportunity to vote early came and went with the click of a lock and no ballot cast. It was 4 26. They told us they would close the door at 4 30. The group remained. Hoping they would be able