sarah nicole cook and her boyfriend is another sign of the disturbing trend in which heroin is the culprit. they stole copper from air conditioning units, but wouldn't get far. police discovered their car. >> i don't see another reason they would drive down this dirt yard other than have privacy. they were busted with heroin, and why else would they come down here and sell $40 worth of copper. they were passed out in the middle of the street. >>reporter: police say putting stricter control on prescription drugs is making heroin emerge as a cheap alternative. >>> baltimore county police are trying to figure out who struck a jogger on york road this morning and then just drove away. it happened around 10:40. the victim is an operator for a local business. >>> i like the fall foliage. it sets the move for saturday. it's tough to get out of the 60s tomorrow. a few clouds blowing in out of the west. these have been instability clouds. they've not brought any rain. maybe a stray shower in the mountains from the clouds, but most of the states staying bone dry. wind speeds 10-15, gusts to 20. desp

>>reporter: police arrest had a 22-year-old, sarah nicole cook and her boyfriend, eduardo espinoza junior with a car full of copper, cutting tools and supply of heroin. >> we found out that they were actually passed out in the middle of the road. >>reporter: the sheriff's office says burglaries and thefts climbed 300% and heroin overdoses more than doubled as the narcotic made a comeback in the region. >> the declining cost of heroin has now made it a drug of choice. with law enforcement partnering with the local health officials and physicians to tighten down on controls for prescription drug abuse, it's now making heroin a greater interest to drug off fenders. >>reporter: 75% of all the county thefts can be tied directly to funding drug habits, and a new potentially deadly form of heroin heavily cut with other awe stances has become more available and less expensive than painkillers. criminals stop at nothing to get their next high. >>> so we topped it off with sticky summer weather all week. do we get to keep the fall weather? >> things are really going to come in for you if you like t