Patrick Carroll has one less criminal case to worry about after a Florida state attorney dismissed an aggravated stalking felony charge against him in his native Tampa.
The multifamily syndicator’s ex-wife, Lindsey Truex, had accused Carroll of violating a 15-day temporary restraining order that a Hillsborough County family court judge approved on June 26, court records show. Last month, Carroll was briefly jailed in Lincoln County, Wyoming, after the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant for him.
On Nov. 1, Brian Haas, state attorney for Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties, squashed the aggravated stalking charge after determining that phone calls Carroll allegedly made to Truex this summer occurred after the retraining order expired on July 12, a court filing shows. Haas took over the case from Hillsborough County State Attorney Susan Lopez.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, via executive order, had reassigned Carroll’s case to Haas at Lopez’s request. Lopez had a conflict because of a “past association with the former state attorney and the sheriff of Hillsborough County,” the executive order states.
A Carroll spokesperson declined comment.
Carroll, a Miami Beach resident who recently launched private investment firm 999 Holdings, last year sold 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 entrepreneur has had several run-ins with law enforcement this year. On July 1, Carroll was arrested and charged in Los Angeles for carrying a loaded firearm in public and evading a police officer. News footage from a TV station helicopter showed Carroll leading cops on a brief chase. He jumped out of a car and attempted to flee on foot. Officers caught him after he ran down an embankment, according to Los Angeles Police.
Carroll, who 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 filmed himself firing a shotgun on his boat behind his waterfront Miami Beach home, Carroll was forced to undergo a three-day mental health evaluation and temporarily give up his guns via a court order obtained by the city’s police department.