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A nurse confronted a man accused of firing a flare gun Wednesday outside an Orange County hospital where the suspect’s girlfriend was being treated. The alarming series of events outside MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center ended with the arrest of Thomas Christopher Ray, 51, who was booked on suspicion of discharging a firearm in public and criminal threats, Fountain Valley…

An alleged drug trafficker charged with killing a man who owed him money and dumping the victim’s body in the ocean off Dana Point Harbor pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges, along with a woman who’s accused of helping him but whose attorney suggested she was too frightened to report what she witnessed. Hoang Xuan Le, 38, of...

Two people face charges in Orange County, accused of killing a man and dumping his body into the ocean. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

A man and woman were arrested Thursday on federal charges of killing a man and throwing his body overboard in the waters off Dana Point Harbor.

Two people were arrested on federal charges of killing a man and throwing his body off a boat in the waters off Dana Point Harbor. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

A murder investigation led to an FBI raid in Fountain Valley and two arrests Dec. 19, 2019. Gene Kang reports.

The number of Orange County cities seeing increases in violent crimes just about matched the number seeing decreases from 2017 to last year, but property crimes were down in most of the county’s cities, according to FBI statistics released Monday.

Two California Highway Patrol officers parked in a construction work zone were injured Friday morning in a chain-reaction crash touched off by a DUI driver, according to the authorities.

A structure fire broke out in a carport near an apartment complex in Fountain Valley early Saturday morning, affecting about 40 vehicles and 45 residents.

A carport fire that broke out early Saturday morning damaged about 40 vehicles and displaced several families. Christine Kim reports live for Today in LA.

A young man graduated from Los Amigos High School in Fountain Valley thanks to a heroic act by a 9-year-old girl who saved his life more than 16 years ago by shielding him with her body during a shooting in Las Vegas in two thousand two.

When a mother of six asked on social media for someone to walk with her blind son with autism in his graduation ceremony a Fountain Valley firefighter stepped up.

A mom of six posts on social media, asking for someone to walk with her blind son with autism in his graduation ceremony and a firefighter steps up for the assignment. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, June 14, 2019.

An Orange County pastor is due in a Santa Ana courtroom Monday on felony charges of molesting seven children ages 5 to 15.

An Orange County Realtor is accused of stealing more than $1 million from buyers in deposits. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on May 13, 2019.

A suspected 18-year-old drunk driver in an SUV triggered a single-vehicle crash on Saturday in Fountain Valley, smashing into a tree and then a light pole, after which authorities found a tank of nitrous oxide – or laughing gas -inside the vehicle, a police sergeant said.

A car containing a family of five that had stalled in the HOV lane on the 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley was struck from behind, prompting a chain-reaction crash that left a young boy dead and several people injured on Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Firefighters battle an intense fire in Westminster. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2019.

An Orange County teacher was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of child molestation.