Jesse Helt, the 22-year-old homeless man who accepted the 2014 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year on behalf of Miley Cyrus, was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday, Oct. 7, for violating the terms of his probation in Oregon, the Associated Press reported.

Officers at Polk County Courthouse in Dallas led away Helt in handcuffs shortly after he and his attorney asked Judge Monte S. Campbell for leniency.

"I'd like to be viewed as a good person, not as a nuisance to society," Helt said, according to Page Six.

In 2010, Helt, who was 18 years old at the time, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and burglary. Court records show that he broke into the apartment of a man who had been selling what he believed to be bad marijuana. Helt pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and criminal trespass - both misdemeanors - and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and probation.

But he was arrested twice in 2011 for parole violations, according to the Polk County, Oregon sheriff's office. And another arrest warrant was issued in November 2011 for a new parole violation, county Community Corrections Director Martin Silbernagel told the Los Angeles Times.

Helt, an aspiring model, turned himself in to authorities on Aug. 29 and posted bail, according to ABC News.

He arrived 45 minutes late on Sept. 16, for his arraignment, but was 20 minutes early Tuesday, Page Six noted.

Cyrus, who met Helt during a visit to My Friend's Place, a shelter for homeless youth in Los Angeles, took to Twitter to defend and support her friend when the news broke last August that he had a warrant out for his arrest.

"People who are homeless have lived very hard lives. Jesse included," the 21-year-old "Wrecking Ball" hitmaker tweeted.

"Does looking down upon the homeless help people excuse their inaction? The media never fails to disappoint. You've chosen to go after Jesse instead of covering the issue of youth homelessness. While they obsess over one homeless mans legal issue lets help the other 1.6 million homeless youth," she added in a series of tweets.