Falmouth man facing bestiality charge held without bail

FALMOUTH – An East Falmouth man was ordered held without bail Monday on a litany of criminal charges, including assault and bestiality, after his lawyer agreed his client was a danger to the community.

Justin Mustafa, 24, was scheduled to appear in Falmouth District Court for a dangerousness hearing, but he was never brought into Judge Don Carpenter’s courtroom. Instead, his public defender, Robert Manning Jr., declined to argue for bail and agreed to the prosecution’s assertion that Mustafa is a danger.    Falmouth man faces bestiality, assault charges

Mustafa will be back in court Aug. 16 for a probable cause hearing and a hearing on his probation related to a separate criminal matter.

According to the Falmouth Police Department report, the incidents leading to the charges occurred between June 28 and July 4. Mustafa is accused of assaulting a woman, forcing her to perform a sex act on a dog, whipping her with a belt and repeatedly injecting her with heroin against her will.

He is charged with assault and battery, assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a belt), bestiality, intimidating a witness, five counts of assault and battery with a hypodermic needle and malicious destruction of property valued at less than $250.

He is being held at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility in Bourne. CapeCodOnline