Gainesville man arrested for inappropriate conversations with children on Snapchat, officers say

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Authorities arrested a man from Gainesville who was accused of having sexually explicit conversations with multiple children online. The Alachua County and Gainesville ICAC Task Force received a tip indicating a Snapchat user was sending harmful material to a 14-year-old from the home of Aaron Eliot-Gaines, 33, on Southwest 68th Terrace. Investigators say the account participated in sexual conversations with multiple children, including one as young as 11 years old. During an interview with detectives, Eliot-Gaines admitted to owning the accounts and sharing sexually explicit photos of himself with the minors. He told investigators that he was “in a bad place” and had been using the account since 2023. 33-year-old Aaron Eliot-Gaines (W/M, 11-07-1992) was booked into the Alachua County Jail (Alachua County Sheriff’s Office) TRENDING: Mother charged with negligent manslaughter in the deaths of two children in July 2025 crash Eliot-Gaines was arrested on Wednesday on one count of production of child pornography, two counts of possession of child pornography, two counts of solicitation of child pornography, three counts of harmful communication to a minor, and eleven counts of transmission of harmful material to minors. He was booked into the Alachua County Jail with a
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