Report of woman missing in Lake Washington false

The man pulled from Lake Washington Wednesday who told a Seattle Fire rescue team that his girlfriend was missing in the water apparently lied to authorities.

Seattle police say they are now satisfied that no woman was missing or drowned in this incident.

The man told police late Wednesday that he lied about the girlfriend or anyone else being in the lake with him.

Detectives contacted the man’s girlfriend and she is fine.

Dive teams spent hours using sonar to search the water and found no one.

The man could be facing charges of lying to authorities.