Country singer Randy Travis was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated on Tuesday, but he didn't go easily.

Travis was found naked, smelling apparently of alcohol and lying on a remote stretch of roadway in northern Texas just before midnight, according to CNN.

He was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and felony retaliation, after allegedly threatening to fatally shoot highway patrol troopers who responded to a concerned caller who notified authorities of "a man lying in the roadway" Tuesday. The DWI offense is a misdemeanor, authorities said.

While in custody, Travis allegedly threatened "to shoot and kill the troopers working the case," Sgt. Rickey Wheeler of the Grayson County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.

Travis, 53, allegedly refused to take a blood and breath test, and was later forced to submit to a judge's order for a blood specimen taken at a nearby hospital, Wheeler said.

Travis was driving his black 1998 Pontiac Trans Am when the vehicle drove off the north side of a two-lane highway just west of Tioga, where he resides, and struck several barricades in a construction zone, police said.

He was the only occupant in the car and was found naked. He was brought to Grayson County jail at 3 a.m. after the hospital visit.

"He was given a paper suit, which is a jail uniform made out of paper," Wheeler told CNN.

Travis was released from Grayson County jail after an acquaintance posted his $21,500 bail in cash at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday, Wheeler said.

A mug shot released on Wednesday by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office shows a battered-looking Travis in a T-shirt, with a black eye and dried blood on his face, according to CBS News.

The felony count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. It could be referred to a grand jury within a month or six weeks, according to CBS.

In February, Travis was also charged with public intoxication after being spotted in a vehicle parked in front of a church in Sanger, Texas, according to reports.

Travis has sold more than 20 million records, has won seven Grammy Awards, 10 Academy of Country Music statuettes, 10 American Music Awards, seven Music City News awards, five Country Music Association honors and eight Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association, according to his website via CNN.

He is reportedly now commemorating 25 years of making music with an Anniversary Celebration CD, which also features Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, and Don Henley among others.