POULSBO — A Poulsbo City Council candidate is in Kitsap County Jail, charged with felony violation of a protection order.

Gregory A. Mueller, 44, is a retired U.S. Navy fire controlman who, until recently, worked as a technician for Delphinus Engineering in Bremerton. An employee who answers phones for the company said May 29 that Mueller no longer works for the company.

According to Mueller’s Facebook profile, he moved to Poulsbo in April 2014 and is a student at Brandman University. He is a candidate for City Council Position 4 and faces Councilman Jeff McGinty in the Nov. 3 general election.

According to the investigation report, a Poulsbo police officer was dispatched to Mueller’s ex-girlfriend’s home in Poulsbo at 1:33 p.m. May 25. The ex-girlfriend’s daughter called her mom shortly after Mueller arrived at the home, and the mother called 911.

According to the report, Mueller told police that he had never been served with a protection order and so he thought he could go to the ex-girlfriend’s house. But one of the officers said he had talked to Mueller at least twice on April 14 when Mueller called 911 to request police presence while he retrieved some personal effects from the house; Mueller was arrested later April 14 after he allegedly went to the house before receiving word from the police that it was OK for him to do so.

“This contradicts Mueller’s statement that he had no knowledge of the order in effect,” the report said of the alleged violation of May 25.

Mueller was arrested for the latest alleged violation and booked into county jail on May 26; the Kitsap County Jail’s online jail roster showed Mueller in custody as of May 29, with bail set at $10,000.

The felony violation charge was filed May 28 in Superior Court by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Cami G. Lewis. According to the charging document, Lewis filed a felony charge because Mueller has two earlier convictions for violation of a court order.

According to court documents, the ex-girlfriend petitioned Poulsbo Municipal Court for an anti-harassment protection order in early April. According to court documents, Mueller did not show up for the April 8 hearing and Judge Jeff Tolman issued the protection order for two years.

Mueller’s lawyer, Charles Ramsdell of Port Orchard, would not comment on the case except to say Mueller pleaded not guilty in an initial court appearance. Arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. June 2 in Superior Court.

It’s not the only legal issue on the candidate’s plate.

The State Patrol cited Mueller with reckless endangerment after he allegedly caused a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Lewis County just after 9 p.m. April 2.

Citing a State Patrol report, The Chronicle reported that Mueller was driving a red 2013 Toyota Camry northbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 62 at a high rate of speed when he rear-ended a 2001 silver Ford Escort driven by Russell W. Rowland, 32, of Randle.

“The State Patrol reported that Mueller’s car exited the roadway, went up an embankment, hit a ditch filled with water, then crossed both lanes of Interstate 5 before striking the center barrier and coming to rest,” The Chronicle reported. “Mueller was injured in the crash and was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for treatment. Rowland was not injured and his vehicle was drivable after the incident.”