"Yes, this really is my credit card,
and my name is David . . . David . . .
ROSENBAUM! Yeah, that's it!"
Posted on 01/12/2006 9:53:45 PM PST by paulat
Suspect in Reporter's Death Turns Self In
By MARTY NILAND, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A suspect in the beating death of New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum turned himself in to police Thursday night after TV stations broadcast surveillance images showing his face.
Michael Hamlin, 23, of Washington, saw one of the broadcasts and went to the 7th District police station "inquiring why his face was on TV," said Metropolitan Police Detective Anthony Paci.
Hamlin arrived at the police station around 6 p.m. EST. Police then took him to another police station, where he confessed, Paci said.
Earlier, investigators released surveillance videos showing a man who may have used a credit card stolen from Rosenbaum.
Police said the credit card had been used seven times since Rosenbaum's death, to buy a total of $1,300 worth of merchandise.
Paci and Capt. C.V. Morris, the lead investigator in the homicide case, praised credit card companies and the local media for their cooperation.
Asked why Hamlin turned himself in, Morris said, "Stranger things have happened." Hamlin told police he would show them where he hid the weapon, Morris said.
Rosenbaum, 63, died Sunday night, two days after he was found on a sidewalk near his home in Northwest Washington.
"It is very important that whoever committed this crime be off the streets so they don't kill someone else," Rosenbaum's brother, Marcus, said Thursday.
The videos came from a CVS drugstore in southeast Washington, where the card was used Friday night, and an Advance Auto Parts store in Riverdale, Md., where the card was declined on Saturday night. Police declined to identify other places where the card was used.
After leaving home for a walk Friday night, Rosenbaum was found on the sidewalk with a personal stereo headset nearby, indicating he may have been struck from behind without warning, police said.
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Associated Press writer Elisabeth Goodridge contributed to this report.
Why did he think his picture was on the news?
This guy sounds like a very dim bulb
I dunno. He didn't win "American Idol"....
Society is rotting before our eyes....and Democrats want millions more desperate scums to reside within in our communities....
Maybe he knew it was just a matter of time and is going to claim a low IQ, to avoid the death penalty. JAT.
Thanks for the link, leadpenny...gives good background.
"Yes, this really is my credit card,
and my name is David . . . David . . .
ROSENBAUM! Yeah, that's it!"
Why didn't law enforcement ask the credit card company to keep the card active and not decline it? Seems to me it was the best link they had to the perp. The guy turning himself in was just pure luck, but if the card had kept working he would have kept using it until they caught him that way. Reimbursing the company $1300 would probably be the cheapest part of this investigation.
Dang! you make good sense!!
In DC? The odds of this doofus being sentenced to death are nil, no matter what...
the infowarrior
This guy has got to be the top contender for the 2006 Stupidest Criminal Award. And it's only January!
"I'm Mr. Rosenbaum. Like my winter yarmulke?"
I am sorry for the poor reporter...but you make a brilliant point!!
This is one time where I doubt you'll find the New York Times making that argument.
How harsh!
Time served, and take anti-murder treament couseling after he's released. (Vermont "justice")
frum my speling, it mus be later'n I thunk.
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