GILBERT, Ariz. – Former Chicago Bears tackle Tank Johnson will not face charges connected to his arrest in this Phoenix suburb on suspicion of drunken driving, police said Thursday.

Johnson was arrested June 22 after an officer pulled him over for speeding and took him to the police station, where blood was drawn for a test. He was released without charges.

That test came back Monday showing that Johnson’s blood alcohol level was .072, under the presumptive limit for DUI in Arizona of .08 percent. That still left open the possibility of a drunken driving charge under an Arizona law that provides for such prosecutions based on overall signs and symptoms of intoxication.

But on Thursday police said the case would be closed with no request for prosecution. Gilbert police spokesman Sgt. Andrew Duncan declined to elaborate.

Johnson, 25, whose legal name is Terry Darnell Johnson, was released by the Bears three days after his arrest. The team said it was “upset and embarrassed” by the defensive tackle’s legal troubles.

“I am not surprised by this decision, but I am relieved,” Johnson said in a statement released by his lawyer. “I am still disappointed at having been released by the Bears, yet I know the organization was placed in a difficult position when I was stopped by police. Now I will move on to look for an opportunity with another NFL team, and make the most of it when it comes.

“In the meantime, I will stay in shape and spend time with my family.”

Johnson already had been suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 season for violating probation on a gun charge. He spent two months in jail and was released in May.

Last December, police raided the 300-pound Johnson’s suburban Chicago home and found six unregistered firearms – a violation of his probation on an earlier gun charge.

Two days after the December raid, Willie B. Posey, Johnson’s bodyguard, was shot and killed in an early morning fight while he and Johnson were at a Chicago nightclub.

Johnson was suspended by the Bears for one game for being at the club. He played in the Super Bowl as the Bears lost to the Indianapolis Colts.

In March, Johnson began his two-month jail stint. In May, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge from the December raid as part of a deal with prosecutors that kept him from serving more jail time.

Johnson was chosen by the Bears in the second round of the 2004 draft out of Washington. He played in 46 games, starting 15.