Originally saw this reported on in a cringe-worthy WROL.com report.

Found this from Metro.co.uk but originally heard it on The Russell Brand Show;

"Authorities in Arkansas say an inmate escaped a county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.
Luis Camacho-Mendoza was recaptured a day later in a home in the town of Van Buren after police received a tip.
Investigator Ken Howard said Camacho-Mendoza was found hiding in a closet in a pile of clothes with a pillowcase over his head.
"But he wasn't hiding too good because you could see the outline of his head in the pillow case," Howard said. "We all grabbed him pretty quick and he didn't seem to be resisting.
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When the inmate was discovered missing, authorities also found the flower, Howard said.
"When we asked him about that, he said he felt sorry for the captain for escaping," Howard said. "(The flower) looked pretty nice."

Wentworth Miller, eat your heart out.