EVERGREEN, Alabama -- State Troopers were probing a month-old Conecuh County case this week in which a 49-year-old local man registered a 0.16 blood/alcohol level after crashing his SUV but, according to court records, faces no criminal charge.

"We are looking into it," said Sgt. John Fields, with the Evergreen trooper post. "There is a wreck report and it says he was charged with DUI, but there is something sketchy about it. We are checking into it now."

State records show Timothy Alan Treece was headed north on Ala. 41 at mile marker 28 on Feb. 22 when his 2003 GMC Yukon overturned at about 11 p.m. blocking the southbound lane.

According to the State Trooper accident report, Treece flagged down a passing motorist who helped him flip the SUV onto its tires and he continued toward his house on Conecuh 14 in a rural area near the Lenox community.

Minutes later, according to the report, Treece called 911 to report that the Yukon, heavily damaged from the crash, was on fire in the road in front of his house. Conecuh County sheriff’s deputies arrived, witnesses said, as did an ambulance from Conecuh County EMS and State Trooper James Richburg.

Although the accident report states that a breath test showed Treece’s blood/alcohol level was 0.16 — double the legal limit of 0.08 — and that Treece was charged with drunken driving, court records show the criminal charge was never filed in the justice system.

Witnesses who asked not to be identified said officers had arrested Treece and placed him in a patrol car when his father-in-law, a longtime county resident, arrived and called Conecuh County Sheriff Edwin Booker. Treece was released from the car soon after, witnesses said.

Booker and Treece did not respond Friday to attempts to reach them for comment.

State Troopers said that protocol is for arresting officers to take DUI suspects to county jails to be booked and formally charged. The sheriff then typically sets conditions of release.

Conecuh County Circuit Clerk David Jackson said Thursday that no charges had been filed regarding Treece, and a month delay in bringing charges in such cases would be unusual. District Attorney Tommy Chapman said he was unaware of the case and had received no notice of the incident.

Following Press-Register inquiries, Jackson said late Friday that the state trooper investigating the crash had come by the clerk’s office to notify officials he would be seeking a warrant in the case on Monday.