According to the Tulsa Police Department, officers received a report on March 12, 2022, about a rape near 21st and Sheridan. The woman who reported it told officers that an unknown black man in a dark-colored Mazda pulled up and offered her a ride.

Tulsa police arrested a man, accused of raping three women at gunpoint while offering rides between March 2022 and24.

At one point during the chase, police said he tossed a bag out of the car window that contained a large amount of meth. Helton then allegedly drove over a brick wall, through several backyards, and then crashed into a fence near 41st and Madison.