The owner of the Manhattan vehicle that was covered in racist graffiti admitted to police he was the one who did it to his car.

The Riley Co. Police Dept. says during the course of their investigation Dauntarius Williams told investigators he was responsible for defacing his black Dodge Avenger with racist and obscenity-laced messages. Riley Co. Attorney Barry Wilkerson said Williams first told people he had done it last Friday and, on Sunday, confirmed that story in a meeting with himself and RCPD Director Brad Schoen.

RCPD says Williams, 21, was "genuinely remorseful and expressed sincere regret that his actions had resulted in the negative attention that resulted." Police also included a statement from Williams, where he said:

Following his confession, Schoen and Wilkerson came to the conclusion that, even though Williams filed a false report, filing criminal charges against him "would not be in the best interests of the citizens who comprise the Manhattan community."

"While Williams’ mistake had a decidedly negative impact on the community, please recognize that he, like many of us when we were young, is a young man who made a mistake and is now doing his best to own up to it,” Director Schoen said.

In his own statement, Riley Co. Attorney Barry Wilkerson pointed out Williams did not make the initial police report - a neighbor had. Williams had reportedly meant to wash off the graffiti, but had not done so before the neighbor had reported the alleged vandalism.

Wlkerson explained when police reached out Williams "being young, and in a situation he did not intend or anticipate, he failed to inform the police department immediately that it was a Halloween prank and that he had in fact painted the graffiti himself.

Wilkerson said he and Schoen agreed charges were not warranted because of Williams willingness to come forward. He described Williams as "contrite and apologetic, and embarrassed by the attention this matter has drawn to the community and to himself," adding that he accepted Williams apology.

The graffiti was first spotted on Williams' car on Wednesday, November 3, around 7:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of Claflin Rd.

Images shared onto Facebook Wednesday morning showed showed the obscenity-laced messages all over the black Dodge Avenger. They showed phrases like "Whites Only" and "Date Your Kind" in addition to unprintable racist slurs and obscenities.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had taken the lead in the case and were investigating the incident as a potential hate crime.