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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Long Island, N.Y., man now has the opportunity to be released from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, but at a cost.</p><p>Francisco Hernandez, 29, of Roosevelt, has been jailed without bail since his Sept. 16 arrest after he allegedly robbed and assaulted a woman while she was securing a child inside a vehicle on Madison Street and robbing a man at gunpoint on Public Square.</p><p>Hernandez appeared Thursday in Luzerne County Central Court where District Judge James Haggerty set his bail at $2 million.</p><p>City police allege Hernandez approached a man from behind and placed a gun into his back while demanding cash at East Market Street and Public Square. When the man said he had no money, Hernandez allegedly said he &#8220;would put a cap in him.&#8221;</p><p>Hernandez fled that initiated a massive police canvass in the downtown area. He was apprehended in a parking lot near South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and Northampton Street.</p><p>After a preliminary hearing, Haggerty forwarded charges of robbery and terroristic threats against Hernandez to county court.</p><p>A preliminary hearing for the alleged robbery and assault of the woman on Madison Street was continued until Oct. 17.</p><p>In that case, Hernandez grabbed a woman while she was placing a girl in a child safety seat inside a vehicle. Hernandez allegedly grabbed the woman who fell to the ground and struck her in the head with a handgun.</p><p>Police allege Hernandez stole the woman&#8217;s purse but dropped his wallet containing his identification as he fled Madison Street.</p><p>Hernandez is facing four counts of access device fraud, two counts each of robbery, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment, and one count each of aggravated assault, simple assault and theft.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

$2 million bail set for alleged Public Square robber