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On the Police Logs 07.01.21

A Hand Lane resident told police last week that an assortment of jewelry belonging to his late wife had gone missing sometime this past year. Jewelry cases holding items valued at around $15,000 were discovered empty, a redacted police report said, when the man was going through his things for the pending sale of his house.

Teen Saved in Rip Current

It was a normal Sunday with a good crowd at Main Beach, said Drew Smith, chief of East Hampton Village lifeguards, when, around 2 p.m., a teenage girl was caught in a rip current. "A lieutenant at Stand Two called, 'Heads up!' " he said, and another lieutenant guard, Andrew Wilson, raced through the waves to the girl, calmed her, and assisted her back to safety with a float.

Driver Faces Drug Charge

Caylynn McMaster, 27, was charged on the afternoon of June 20 with criminal possession of oxycodone and driving while impaired by drugs, both misdemeanors. East Hampton Town police said she had been driving erratically on Route 114, and that they found the car on Goodfriend Drive with her in the driver's seat apparently passed out. Asked to exit the car, she was "unsteady on her feet," according to the report, which said that 11 blue pills stamped "M30" were found in the center console of her 2014 Volkswagen. Ms. McMaster was held overnight and appeared in court before Justice Steven Tekulsky the next morning.