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 using Mr. Roenbaum’s credit card.

Michael Hamlin, 23, of Washington, saw one of the broadcasts and went to the 7th District police station “talking ’bout ‘why they keep showing my face on TV and shit?’ Fuckin’ dumbass.” said Metropolitan Police Detective Anthony Paci.

Hamlin arrived at the police station around 6:20 p.m. EST and confessed to the crime shortly thereafter, Paci said.

Earlier, investigators released surveillance videos showing a close ups of Hamlin using a credit card stolen from Rosenbaum to buy random knick knacks at CVS and and attempting to buy an automobile battery and “new car scent” air freshener at Auto Zone.

Police said the credit card had been used seven times since Rosenbaum’s death, to buy a total of $1,300 worth of merchandise, including $800 in lottery tickets and Kool cigarettes.

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. But for real, that nigga dumb as shit. He should have known better than to use the card. How many black folks you know named Daniel Rosenberg? That’s what I thought.” 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.

The gay ass photo of Daniel Rosenbaum the news keeps on using.

“It is very important that whoever committed this crime be off the streets so they don’t kill someone else. Besides, once I saw his face on the news, I called my boys and we went looking for him. Good thing he turned himself in. We were gonna ride on that motherfucker. I was gonna cut his balls off and hand ‘em to him. Then light his chest hair on fire. Then make him drink urine. Then crip-walk on his face. He’s lucky. That’s all I can say.” Rosenbaum’s brother, Marcus, said Thursday.

The videos came from a CVS drugstore in southeast Washington, where the card was used Friday night, outside “The House” strip club early Saturday morning, 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 probably didn’t even see the attack coming, police said.

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