A charge was declined in an alleged sexual battery case against a Cortez man.
The website for the 12th Judicial Circuit Court showed the case against Mark S. Ibasfalean closed as of Dec. 15.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ibasfalean, 58, Sept. 16 on one charge of sexual battery against a person 12-18 years of age.
Court records indicated a 16-year-old said she was sexually battered by Ibasfalean when she was 12 years old and Ibasfalean was 54.
The alleged incident occurred at a home in Cortez where a relative of Ibasfalean’s resided.
In a notice of case action filed Dec. 8, assistant state attorney Ashley Dusnik wrote the office declined the charge and no further action will be taken in the case.