A Hudson man identified by a Nashua car dealer as allegedly writing a bad $25,000 check to purchase a truck, which sparked a remarkable back-and-forth on social media, has been arrested.

On Friday, Ryan Duval, 36, of 19 Brook Drive, was arrested on several charges and outstanding warrants.

The saga of the check began on Wednesday morning, when Best Ford of Nashua posted on Facebook that a man purchased a 2020 white Ford F-250 Lariat Crew Cab valued at $50,000 with a "fake check." The post included pictures of the check, the purchaser and the truck, and the last six digits of the truck's vehicle identification number. The post also included a link to a Google search for the individual and tagged Hudson, Milford, Amherst, Bedford and Nashua police departments.

The post soon was followed by the general public, and the alleged truck buyer began engaging with the dealership through the post.

Meanwhile, the dealership contacted Nashua police, who said, "Detectives developed probable cause to charge Duval with the theft of the truck."

Nashua police said the truck has been recovered.

Duval was charged with theft by deception, a Class A felony; theft by unauthorized taking, a Class B felony; and forgery, a Class B felony. He also had an outstanding arrest warrant for an investigation where he was identified as the suspect in multiple thefts at Lowe's on Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua between April and May of this year.

"Duval was released on $500 cash bail from the Nashua Police Department," a press release from the department read, "However, Duval also had outstanding warrants from other agencies, and custody was transferred to those agencies."

Duval is scheduled for arraignment on his Nashua charges in the 9th Circuit-District Division-Nashua Court on Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.

The Nashua Police Department requests anyone with more information about this incident to contact the Crime Line at (603)-589-1665.