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Bail reduced in Schuylkill cases

A Schuylkill County judge has reduced the bail of a Coaldale man charged with aggravated assault and attempting to flee a police officer.

Judge James Goodman agreed to reduce Brian Danchak's bail from $25,000 cash to $25,000 percentage bail, which means he was able to gain his freedom by posting $2,500.Goodman ordered Danchak, 42, to stay at 272 E. High St. in Coaldale and not have or consume drugs or alcohol unless prescribed by a medical professional.Danchak was charged on Sept. 4 by officer Joseph Krebs.Cory Lynn Matalavage, 33, fought with her mother on Aug. 22 in the 300 block of Broad Street in Tamaqua. The mother said her daughter had been barred from the property, but she had come to the home, grabbed her by the hair, pulled her down the steps and punched her in the face, breaking her glasses. Matalavage then fled.Goodman reduced her bail from $2,500 percentage to $25,000 unsecured, and ordered her to stay at 335 W. Rowe St., Tamaqua; continue drug and alcohol treatment; and not have or consume drugs or alcohol unless prescribed by a medical professional.