Woman gets $5G bail for wallet theft

CHELSEA – A judge ordered $5,000 cash bail for a woman charged with stealing a Revere firefighter’s wallet while jakes were out fighting a blaze, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said Monday evening.The woman also remains held on $2,500 cash bail on a previous alleged robbery out of Dorchester.Aleesha McEachern, 32, pleaded not guilty in Chelsea District Court Monday to charges including larceny from a building; three counts of identity fraud; three counts of credit card fraud -$250; and attempt to commit a crime, credit card fraud -$250.Revere Police said a woman and two children walked in the Revere Central Fire Station on Broadway July 7 while firefighters were fighting a fire on Revere Beach. The woman allegedly stole a wallet left behind by a firefighter and used credit cards from the wallet while shopping at Target and Payless Shoes in Revere.Revere Police circulated a photo showing the suspect leaving a store and subsequently identified the suspect as McEachern last week.District attorney spokesman Jake Wark said a prosecutor requested $10,000 cash bail for the new incident. Judge James LaMothe ordered McEachern held on $5,000 cash bail for the new charges. McEachern remains held on $2,500 cash bail for allegedly beating a woman with a pellet gun and stealing her purse on May 31 in Dorchester. McEachern was arrested in that incident July 15.She is scheduled to return to Dorchester District Court Aug. 15 and Chelsea District Court Aug. 28.