Female half of bank robbery team enters not guilty plea

SALEM – A Salem woman authorities say participated in stealing thousands from two Saugus banks and a Lynnfield bank during a four-week crime spree, remains held in custody on a high bail of $100,000.Rachel K. Fulton, 28, of 7A Buffum Street Extension, Salem, entered her plea of innocent Monday morning to two counts of armed robbery and a single count of armed robbery while masked before Judge Howard J. Whitehead in Salem Superior Court.Fulton remains held at Framingham Prison for Women in lieu of bail, but the defense may seek a bail review at another court date.On Dec. 8 she is accused of stealing $3,300 from the Eastern Bank branch at 605 Broadway in Saugus along with her accomplice, Daniel J. Buckley, Jr., 34, also of Salem.Two weeks later the couple allegedly went to the Saugus Bank, located at 312 Lynn Fells Parkway in Saugus and made off with $3,408.Then on Feb. 12 police say they stole $4,244 from the Eastern Bank branch on Salem Street in Lynnfield.Police arrested the couple about 40 minutes after the Lynnfield bank robbery at the corner of O’Callahan Way and Walnut Street in Lynn.Police recovered all the money from the Lynnfield holdup.Buckley was arraigned last week and remains held at the Middleton Jail on $250,000 cash bail.Fulton is due back in court on June 11 for a pretrial conference.