NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke man authorities say was driving through Northampton in an unregistered, uninsured car with a loaded Glock 19 firearm, 330 bags of heroin and his 5-year-old son was released on $5,000 following a bail hearing Thursday in Hampshire Superior Court.

Assistant District Attorney Andrew Covington asked Judge Edward McDonough to set bail at $50,000 for Claudio Echevarria-Perez, who he said had an “extremely troubling record for a 27-year-old.” He described him as a convicted felon who has been charged with two crimes of violence and is the subject of several restraining orders.

Covington, who also asked for GPS monitoring, said the defendant’s financial situation was unclear given that he was arrested while driving “a C-Class Mercedes with distribution levels of heroin.”

Echevarria-Perez faces seven felony counts, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition with two prior convictions, unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, along with reckless endangerment of a child, a misdemeanor.

He was free on bail in a similar case out of Hampden Superior Court when he was arrested in August on an I-91 on-ramp in Northampton, Covington said. The $7,500 cash bail he had posted in the Hampden County case was then revoked and he has been held without the right to bail since, defense attorney Jonah Goldsmith said.

Goldsmith agreed some bail was appropriate and suggested that $2,500, added to the $7,500, would assure his client’s appearance in court.

Arguing that Echevarria-Perez is not a flight risk, Goldsmith said he has a permanent place to live, with a partner, his mother and his three children. He has a job lined up at a convenience store where he worked before, Goldsmith said.

He said his client’s 5-year-old was back at home following an investigation by the Department of Children and Families.

“I’m not sure that GPS is warranted,” Goldsmith said

McDonough said the restraining orders against Echevarria-Perez were concerning and, along with the $5,000 bail, said he would impose the monitoring condition, requiring him to stay home except for work, meetings with his lawyer or religious reasons.