[UPDATE 12-10 6:07 pm By Jill Chandler]--

Patrick Louis Linn was arrested for having sexual relations with a horse in Havana. Friday he had a hearing in Gadsden County.

The man was sneaking onto property for hours at a time and having relations with the horses. Friday's hearing was to see if he was not competent to stand trial. His lawyer said that he is competent and will be going to trial February 3rd,2011.

[UPDATE] 12-10 10:08AM --

Patrick Louis Linn has been found competent and will stand trial February 3, 2011.

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[UPDATE] 12-10 10AM --

The Gadsden County Court is deciding today (12/10) if Patrick Louis Linn is competent to stand trial. He was arrested for having sex with a horse in Havana earlier this year. Eyewitness News has a reporter in court and we will be bringing you details on the trial.

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"It's really sickening that somebody would be doing something like that."

Allen and Priscilla McDearmid say they don't feel as safe as they once did on their Havana farm. Someone has been trespassing on their property and leaving personal and very graphic items behind in the barn.

43-year-old Patrick Linn is being held in the Gadsden County jail on burglary and trespassing charges, but the sheriff's office and the District Attorney are pursuing bestiality charges.

The McDearmid's knew someone was coming into their horse stalls at night, but what they found, made them think the worst.

Deputies say the items left behind were sexual in nature. When Linn came to the barn Tuesday night and saw investigators waiting for him, he took off into the woods, and deputies found him hours later.

"I have walked these pastures in the middle of the night checking on mares that were due to foal, and never felt the slightest worry about being endangered and now, I don't even like to have the dog out at night lately because we don't know if that man is standing over there in the corner somewhere watching," says Priscilla.

"You just don't feel secure, we've never had any type of problems out here, I leave doors unlocked, and everything, but it's different now, it really is," says Allen.

The McDearmids want bestiality charges pressed, but there are no such laws against it in Florida.

"This individual is exactly where he needs to be right now, he is in our segregated unit at the county jail for his own safety he will be given a psychological evaluation as things proceed," says Lt. Jim Corder with the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office.

Right now, this is the only property the sheriff's deputies are investigating, however, they don't know how many other barns Linn could have targeted.

Florida is one of only 16 states that still permit bestiality A bill outlawing "sexual activities with animals" died pending review in the 2010 regular session. This bill would have made such acts a felony in Florida.