( CNN ) -- The young man Miley Cyrus chose to represent homeless youths at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday faces arrest in Oregon , a corrections official said . An arrest warrant was issued for Jesse Helt , 22 , when he stopped checking in with his probation officer for a criminal trespass conviction in November 2011 , said Polk County , Oregon , Community Corrections Director Martin Silbernagel . `` Reportedly , he has returned to the Polk County area , '' Silbernagel said . `` We will be attempting to serve him his warrant , at which time he will be taken into custody . '' Polk County sheriff 's deputies are not actively searching for Helt because of a staff shortage , but they would arrest him if they encounter him , spokesman Dean Bender said Wednesday . Helt took center stage at Sunday 's VMA broadcast to accept the best video of 2014 award `` on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youths in the United States who are starving , lost and scared for their lives right now . '' Cyrus , whose `` Wrecking Ball '' video was being honored , appeared to be near tears as she watched Helt , who said he was homeless , read the acceptance speech calling attention to the large population of homeless young people in Los Angeles . `` I 've survived in shelters all over this city , '' he said . `` I 've cleaned your hotel rooms . I 've been an extra in your movies . I 've been an extra in your life . Though I may have been invisible to you on the streets , I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight . '' Along with raising awareness of the problem of young people living on the streets of Los Angeles , Helt 's story caught the attention of corrections officials in northwest Oregon , where he grew up and where his mother lives . If police find Helt , who some media reports said returned to Salem , Oregon , to visit his mother , he will be taken before a judge to decide whether he will spend up to a year in jail or be allowed to resume his probation , Silbernagel said . Helt was initially arrested in October 2010 on burglary , criminal mischief and criminal trespass charges . The burglary count was dismissed , but he was convicted of the mischief and trespass counts , Bender said . `` The media never fails to disappoint . You 've chosen to go after Jesse instead of covering the issue of youth homelessness : ( `` Cyrus said on Twitter after online reports of his arrest warrant were first published Tuesday . `` While the media obsesses over one homeless mans legal issue , let 's help the other 1.6 million homeless youth http : //www.prizeo.com/miley , '' Cyrus said in an Instagram posting . In a video posted on her Facebook page , she instructs fans to donate through a Prizeo fundraising site to My Friend 's Place , a Los Angeles-area charity that provides support for homeless people ages 12 to 25 . 2014 MTV VMA highlights : Blue Ivy takes the stage , Miley Cyrus grows up . CNN 's Carolyn Sung contributed to this report .
An arrest warrant was issued for Helt in a year , a corrections official says . Helt stopped checking in with probation officer after criminal trespass conviction , he says . Cyrus : `` You 've chosen to go after Oregon instead of covering '' the youth homelessness issue . Cyrus could spend 2011 in jail for his probation violation , the official says .