Patrick Carroll has one less criminal case to worry about after a Florida state attorney dismissed an aggravated felony prosecution charge against him in his native Tampa.

The ex-wife of the multifamily union, Lindsey Truex, had accused Carroll of violating a 15-day temporary restraining order that a Hillsborough County family court judge approved June 26, court records show. Last month, Carroll was briefly jailed in Lincoln County, Wyoming, after the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest.

On Nov. 1, Brian Haas, the state’s attorney for Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, dropped the aggravated stalking charge after determining that phone calls Carroll made to Truex this summer occurred after the warrant requalification expired on July 12, a court filing shows. Haas took over the case from Hillsborough County District Attorney Susan Lopez.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, by executive order, reassigned Carroll’s case to Haas at Lopez’s request. Lopez had a conflict because of a “previous association with the former Hillsborough County State’s Attorney and Sheriff,” the executive order said.

A spokesman for Carroll declined to comment.

Carroll, a Miami Beach resident who recently launched private equity firm 999 Holdings, last year sold the Atlanta-based Carroll Organization for $80 million to RMR Group. He still owns an interest in apartment projects managed by his former firm.

The 45-year-old real estate developer has had several run-ins with law enforcement this year. On July 1, Carroll was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with carrying a loaded firearm in public and battery on a police officer. News footage from a television station helicopter showed Carroll leading police on a brief chase. He jumped out of a car and tried to flee on foot. Officers caught him after he ran down an embankment, according to Los Angeles police.

Carroll, who has pleaded not guilty, has an upcoming hearing in Los Angeles Criminal Court on Nov. 22, online records show.

In March, after an incident in which he was filmed firing a rifle into his boat behind his Miami Beach beachfront home, Carroll was forced to undergo a three-day mental health evaluation and temporarily give up his guns through a court decision obtained by the city authorities. the police department.