SALEM – A Lynn felon, who is facing a mandatory 10 years punishment after being caught peddling cocaine and heroin last winter, was allowed to remain free on $1,500 but still has to come up with $2,000 more within the next two weeks.In Salem Superior Court Friday afternoon, Anthony Collins, 28, of 10 Pleasant St., #105, Lynn, pleaded innocent to trafficking over 28 grams of heroin as well as trafficking over 14 grams of cocaine before Judge John T. Lu.Assistant District Attorney Michael Sheehan urged the judge to increase bail to $15,000 cash, saying it was warranted based on the circumstances of the case.Sheehan pointed out to Lu that Collins has a three-page record.He said Collins was convicted in 2003 of assault and firearm charges and received three-to-five years in state prison with two years of probation. Then in 2008 Collins was surrendered by probation after being caught for possessing narcotics and received another two years behind bars.Sheehan stated that this newest case arises out of an incident in Lynn in the early morning hours of Jan. 21 when a state trooper pulled over a yellow taxi cab for a motor vehicle infraction at the corner of Commercial and South Common streets.Collins, a passenger seated in the back seat, was clutching onto a black bag, trying to hide it and seemed extremely nervous as the trooper asked Collins for his identification and asked to see what was in the bagAs Collins provided the identification and tossed the bag at the trooper, he exited out the other door and fled on foot from the scene.A short pursuit ensued, but Collins was able to flee without being captured.Authorities were able to issue a warrant for his arrest because of the identification he had left behind.Inside the bag police found a little over 14 grams of cocaine and over 28 grams of heroin.The taxi cab driver told police he had picked up Collins on Broadway.Sheehan added that Collins is facing a mandatory seven years in state prison if convicted on the heroin trafficking charge and another mandatory three years in prison on the cocaine trafficking charge as he emphatically stressed to the judge to increase the bail.But defense lawyer Rebecca Whitehill maintained the bail set earlier was appropriate and that there was no basis to change it.She told Lu that her client had previously had a bail review in Superior Court on the charges and a $1,500 cash bail was granted, which he posted.She said her client has had a series of other court appearances since then on other unrelated cases, appeared and was released with no additional bail being established.Whitehill said her client lives in Lynn, was born in Lynn and has children in Lynn, pointing out his established roots in the community.Whitehill questioned the trooper’s investigation, contending he fabricated the case against her client and never even cited the cab driver for the infraction.But Lu was not entirely convinced that the bail set was ample.He ordered that Collins must come up with $2,000 additional cash bail, but allowed him until Sept. 29. Lu told Collins that if he can’t come up with the additional money he is going to jail pending his trial.In the meantime, Collins remains free in lieu of $1,500 cash.