Suspect calls police to ask why he's in a robbery surveillance video

This is the surveillance picture of Dwayne Davis, Jr. featured in the BayNews9.com story.

By Melissa Eichman, Reporter
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ST. PETERSBURG --

A man accidentally turned himself in after calling the police to ask why he was on BayNews9.com in a surveillance video featuring unsolved criminal cases.

St. Petersburg police say Dwayne Davis, Jr., 23, is captured in a Choice Food Store surveillance video grabbing a man out his car and then pistol whipping him.

The carjacking happened on June 12 and since then, police have been looking for the man who did the crime.

Bay News 9 recently ran a story on unsolved cases showing surveillance pictures, which ultimately led police to a lead on the carjacking.

It was actually Davis himself who called police to ask why his picture was part of a BayNews9.com story.

The police and the victim both believe it's Davis in the video from inside the store and Davis agrees.

However, he denies being part of the robbery outside of the store.

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