A St. Paul City Council candidate was charged with another low-level crime Tuesday, this time for allegedly violating an order for protection.

David Martinez, who is running for the Ward 4 council seat, was charged in Ramsey County District Court late Tuesday afternoon with one count of being in violation of a protection order, court records say.

The incident is the latest in a string of erratic behavior by Martinez, authorities say.

He was arrested July 16 on suspicion of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. A topless photo of his estranged wife had appeared on his campaign blog.

Martinez, 38, was released from jail without being charged; the investigation is ongoing.

The post appeared the day after Martinez’s wife of 13 years filed for divorce and for an order for protection against him. A judge granted the two-year protection order for her and their two children.

At about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Paul police were called to a school in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a police spokesman.

A staff member at the school reported that Martinez was there to see his children, which is a violation of the order for protection, Ernster said.

Martinez left, and the caller told officers where he was last seen.

Officers checked the area and found Martinez at a coffee shop at Snelling and Minnehaha avenues, and took him into custody without incident, Ernster said. The St. Paul city attorney’s office is reviewing the case for potential charges, a representative said Tuesday.

The order for protection gave temporary custody of Martinez’s children to his wife, ordered him not to have contact with her or their children, and indicated the question of parenting time would be decided later by the court.

After Martinez was arrested in July, he said his campaign website had been hacked and he had not posted the photo.

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Martinez’s arrests followed two highly-publicized incidents:

On July 5, Martinez was arrested at the downtown St. Paul library and cited for disorderly conduct. He said he was sticking up for a teenager who was being unfairly ejected from the library. A St. Paul police report described Martinez as verbally combative toward at least two librarians.

On July 6, Martinez was ejected from Target Field in Minneapolis and banned from the ballpark for a year following a physical confrontation with security.

Sarah Horner contributed to this report.