Jacksonville man charged in connection with Lake City child-exploitation investigation

A 37-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested Oct. 1 after an undercover operation targeting people trying to exploit children online, Lake City police said.Sean Michael Eaton was charged with using a computer to seduce, solicit or lure a child, according to a police department news release issued Oct. 16. Police did not say when he was arrested.Detectives assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted the operation Oct. 1 in Lake City. They posted undercover ads on a website commonly used to arrange illicit encounters and posed as teenage girls, police said.During the investigation, Eaton engaged in sexually explicit conversations with people he believed to be minors, according to police.The investigation is ongoing, and additional arrests are possible, police said. Anyone with information can call Lake City police at 386-752-4343, the department’s anonymous tips line at 386-719-2068 or Crime Stoppers of Columbia County at 386-754-7099.