Article posted: 11/6/2012 5:09 PM

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

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Alex Ocasio, 37, stands next to the sign he posted on the door of his first floor apartment in the Queens borough of New York Tuesday. Ocasio plans to ride out the Nor'easter at his first-floor apartment even after Sandy flooded his street with neck-high water and someone tried to break in afterward.

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Since the superstorm made landfall more than a week ago, killing 40 people in the city, more than 100 in 10 states and leaving millions without power, police said overall crime has actually gone down. But not everyone is convinced.