DANA POINT — The story a Capistrano Beach man told police about being stabbed while walking toward the gazebo at Doheny State Beach on Saturday, June 16, has turned out to be a hoax, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Margie Sheehan, the chief of police in Dana Point, said Tuesday.

“On June 16th, a man claiming to be a victim of a stabbing contacted the valet of the DoubleTree in Dana Point and said he was stabbed while walking along a path at Doheny State Beach,” Sheehan said during the Dana Point City Council meeting. “OCSD assisted in the initial search for the suspect based on the description and we continued to assist state parks with the investigation. Today we learned that the incident did not occur as reported.”

Sheehan said the case will be forwarded to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, in regard to the filing of a false police report.

“There is no longer an active investigation and law enforcement will not continue to search for a suspect,” she told the council.

On Saturday, Ronald Reed, 47, told his wife he had been attacked by a man who asked him for change.

“As they actually passed each other my husband felt what he thought was a punch in the side stomach area,” Vickie Reed said Monday, recounting what her husband had told her. “Then he felt the warmth of blood and saw it dripping down his pants. He turned around and the guy was gone.”

Tuesday evening, Vickie Reed confirmed her husband’s story was fabricated.

“Yes, it was a lie told to my whole family,” she said. “Truthfully, I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock, I’m angry, I’m hurt and I’m just trying to figure out how to help my kids understand what l can’t.”

Vickie Reed confirmed that her husband had a wound that required four staples and that he was treated at Mission Hospital on Saturday. Officials would not confirm how he received the injury.

Sheehan’s statement, Tuesday, followed numerous comments by residents concerned about safety at Doheny State Beach.