--- title: 'Selfie' Hat Leads to the Arrest of Alleged Jewelry Thief description: Police recognized the distinctive headwear canonical: https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T20:10:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:29.339Z og:title: 'Selfie' Hat Helps Catch Accused Jewel Thief og:description: Police recognized the distinctive headwear og:url: https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt647bb20c828384c7/6988783b8e06016c9b46409b/hyannis-james-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: hyannis-james-anderson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Selfie' Hat Helps Catch Accused Jewel Thief twitter:description: Police recognized the distinctive headwear twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt647bb20c828384c7/6988783b8e06016c9b46409b/hyannis-james-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Selfie' Hat Helps Catch Accused Jewel Thief  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2016 8:10 PM CUT  James Anderson James AndersonBarnstable Police Department  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jan 8, 2016 8:10 PM CUT An alleged thief’s distinctive “Selfie” hat may have led to his capture. Cops in Massachussetts say 65-year-old James Anderson wore a hat that said “Selfie” on it when he allegedly stole $10,000 worth of gold jewelry from a K-Mart, according to [MyFox Boston. ](http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/selfie-hat-helps-officers-arrest-alleged-thief/14191257 "undefined") Hours later, cops recognized the “Selfie” hat when they pulled Anderson over at a traffic stop. Cops say they also found wire cutters in Anderson’s car, as well as jewelry with K-Mart price tags. Anderson was arrested and charged with larceny. He was arraigned Friday morning, where a not-guilty plea was entered for him. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/"},"headline":"'Selfie' Hat Helps Catch Accused Jewel Thief","datePublished":"2016-01-08T20:10:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:29.339Z","description":"Police recognized the distinctive headwear","url":"https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Jewelry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt647bb20c828384c7/6988783b8e06016c9b46409b/hyannis-james-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt647bb20c828384c7/6988783b8e06016c9b46409b/hyannis-james-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hyannis-james-anderson","caption":"James Anderson","creditText":"Barnstable Police Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4173431/selfie-hat-helps-catch-accused-jewel-thief/","name":"'Selfie' Hat Helps Catch Accused Jewel Thief"}}]}] ```