SALEM – A Salem Superior Court judge drastically reduced the bail to $5,000 cash for a Peabody man who police caught with one ounce of cocaine, despite the prosecution’s insistence it remain at $50,000.Jose Diaz Tejada, 30, of 97 Washington St., #2, pleaded innocent Friday morning in Salem Superior Court to trafficking over 28 grams of cocaine as well as a string of other narcotic charges arising out of his arrest three months ago.Assistant District Attorney Christina Pujals Ronan urged Judge Mitchell Kaplan to have the bail remain at $50,000, the same amount as previously established in Peabody District Court.But Kaplan said, “It seems to me $50,000 is extraordinary.”Ronan explained her case, saying Peabody and Salem detectives received information that Tejada was dealing narcotics in the local area.Authorities set up controlled buys with Tejada. They also learned he had three vehicles he used in the deals, which were registered to his co-defendant, Lori A. Dossett.Search warrants were obtained for the vehicles as well as their residence on Washington Street.On the afternoon of March 26, police stopped Tejada on Abbott Street in Salem and seized an ounce of cocaine, about 30 grams, from his person.Authorities then executed a search of the couple’s home where they discovered 10 to 12 grams of heroin, additional cocaine and an assortment of illegal pills, cutting agents, plastic baggies and over $13,000 in cash, believed to be proceeds from drug sales. In addition, documentation was found linking the couple to the apartment, Ronan stated, as she insisted the high bail remain.Ronan also reminded the judge that Tejada is facing a minimum mandatory punishment of five years in state prison on just the drug trafficking charge.But defense lawyer Bradford E. Keene pointed out that his client has no prior convictions, has ties to the community and is not a flight risk.He told the judge that Tejada’s aunt, who is an attorney, came from the Dominican Republic to discuss the case with him and the family is taking the matter “very seriously.”He proposed that the judge reduce the bail, insisting that it is not “appropriate in this case,” while explaining his client has no money.Keene suggested putting Tejada on a bracelet monitoring system, house arrest with random drug screenings and pretrial probation reporting.The judge placed Tejada on $5,000 cash, with the condition he surrender his Dominican passport, consent to random drug screenings and wear a bracelet monitoring device pending his trial.The judged ordered that Tejada can not be released from the Middleton Jail until all the necessary equipment, including a separate phone line, has been set up for the tracking system.Dossett, 36, also pleaded innocent Friday morning to a string of narcotic charges arising out of the search of their Washington Street apartment, which includes possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, unlawful possession of Percocet, unlawful possession of Vicodin, unlawful possession of Klonopin and unlawful possession of Tramadol.Ronan proposed that Dossett, who had been free on her own personal recognizance from Peabody District Court, have her bail increased to $5,000 cash, but Kaplan declined to increase it to that amount and set it at $500 cash, which she posted by mid-day at the courthouse.Her defense lawyer Scott L. Masse told Kaplan his client is married, graduated from Salem High School in 1991, is not a flight risk, had appeared for all prior court hearings and has ties to the community.Their next scheduled court date is Aug. 20 for a pretrial conference.