Convicted cat burglar reveals No. 1 tip to avoid getting robbed or kidnapped in broad daylight

This cat burglar’s not kitten around about keeping you safe. Car jackings, muggings and surprise attacks during walks through a public parking lot or deck can all be avoided with hyper-vigilance, advises ex-con Jennifer Gomez. “I spent 10 years in prison for being a cat burglar with really, really bad people,” Gomez, an inmate-turned-influencer, admitted to nearly 50,000 virtual viewers, superimposing snapshots of her mugshots for effect. The transformed transgressor previously struck viral gold online, stockpiling several million clicks with a how-to on safeguarding one’s home from thieves during the holidays.Now, she’s revealing the prime principles of protecting one’s property while in public. “I’m going to tell you, right now, three things that you can do that are going to help you,” Gomez vowed in her latest counsel. And her No.

1 safety tip is key. “You need to set the feature in your car to where if you unlock with your [key] fob or you walk up and it unlocks automatically that it only unlocks the driver side door, and in order to unlock the rest of the car you need to actually, physically [press] unlock twice,” insisted Gomez, lauding automakers Honda, Toyota, Chevy and Lincoln for equipping cars with the setting. The rehabilitated offender explained that ne’er-do-wells will often enter into an unsuspecting target’s vehicle via the passenger side door, brandish a weapon and lift the loot — be it the victim’s money, personal belongings or the car itself. Gomez then alerted online audiences to the dangers of loading groceries into their backseats. “Stop doing that!” urged the brunette.“Most of the time, there are cars parked next to you.

And, whether you know it or not, it’s not always the scary white van with dark tinted windows and a sliding door that’s gonna get you.”She warned that placing yourself between two cars in a parking lot limits visibility, making it difficult for others to see what’s ...