A Carbon County attorney who is accused of robbing a Schuylkill County bank was released from jail after a judge reduced his bail.

Steven M. Cormier, 57, of Nesquehoning, is out of jailmafter Judge James P. Goodman reduced his bail from $100,000 cash to $5,000 unsecured.Goodman ordered Cormier to continue living at an address in Summit Hill, and to not move from there without notifying the court. He also ordered Cormier to stay in touch with his public defender, Paul G. Domalakes.Cormier was charged by state police at Schuylkill Haven on Oct. 13 with 12 felony counts of robbery, with a threat of immediate serious injury and robbery, demanding money from a financial institution; 12 felony counts of terroristic threats; felony counts of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property; and a misdemeanor count of possession of instruments of crime.According to police, Cormier was arrested a short time after he robbed the Wells Fargo Bank branch office, in the Fairlane Village Mall in Norwegian Township. Troopers said he entered the bank about 10:45 a.m. and approached employees, demanding that he wanted money now and if he doesn't get money "things will get ugly."After a teller filled a plastic bag Cormier supplied, he left the bank.Shortly after, Pottsville city police stopped Cormier. He was taken back to the bank and identified as the robber by three witnesses.A search warrant was obtained for his vehicle and found was the clothing he was wearing in the robbery, along with the plastic bag that was used and all the money that was taken. It totaled $15,923. No injuries were reported in the incident.Cormier, an attorney for over 30 years, was employed by the Kovatch Corporation in Nesquehoning, as in-house legal counsel since August 1984. a family member has said Cormier fell on hard times. A records check revealed that on Jan. 2 the Internal Revenue Service filed a tax lien against Cormier alleging he owes $24,355.17 in back taxes.Cormier's license was suspended as of Sept. 21 by the state Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for failing to pay a $200 annual fee required of all lawyers admitted to practice in any court in Pennsylvania.