HONOLULU -- Police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of forgery, accusing him of paying a transvestite prostitute with a stolen check.

It happened in Wahiawa in August. Police recently tracked down the suspect. They said he stole a check from the mail.

The prostitute accepted the $200 check for services rendered, then tried to cash the check at Wahiawa branch of American Savings Bank, but was turned away, police said.

The prostitute told police it was the first time he took a check.

Police released the man accused of passing the stolen check pending further investigation.