The former aide of Gov. Maura Healey charged with cocaine trafficking can now post bail after a previous judge ordered him held without bail following a dangerousness hearing.

LaMar Cook, 45, served as deputy director of Healey’s Western Massachusetts office in Springfield before he was fired “effective immediately” after his arrest late last month. Cook also faces charges of illegally owning a firearm and ammunition and driving without a license, the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office previously said.

Cook filed a bail petition in Hampden Superior Court, where a judge ruled at a hearing last week to grant bail at $85,000. To be released, he would post the bail and surrender his passport, according to court documents.

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