Archive photo of Daniel Cove, who was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Christiansted on Sept. 9, 2026, on an outstanding warrant related to sex offender registration requirements. Photo Credit: V.I. CONSORTIUM.
ST. CROIX — U.S. Marshals arrested Daniel Cove in downtown Christiansted on Tuesday on an outstanding Virgin Islands warrant accusing him of failing to keep his sex offender registration current and failing to verify his address, marking the latest in a series of cases involving his compliance with registration requirements.
The V.I. Department of Justice requested assistance from the Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force on Aug. 24 in locating and arresting Cove. Authorities said combined local and federal law enforcement resources were used to find him in downtown Christiansted on Sept. 9, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Cove was subsequently turned over to the V.I. Police Department and booked at the John A. Bell Correctional Facility.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Cove was convicted in Massachusetts on June 23, 2002 of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 and sentenced to prison. He was released in 2013 and is required by the V.I. Department of Justice to register every six months for 25 years.
The latest case is not Cove's first involving allegations that he failed to comply with those requirements.
In February of this year, the Consortium reported that Cove was arrested after authorities said he failed to report to the Department of Justice and could not be located using the contact information and address contained in his registration records. Authorities eventually located him after he was arrested on an unrelated trespassing charge in Christiansted. He was then taken into custody on two counts of failing to register as a sex offender.
That case followed earlier registration violations. VIC reported in 2017 that Mr. Cove had been sentenced to two years in prison, with one year suspended, after pleading guilty to failing to keep his sex offender registration current. The court also ordered supervised probation, 100 hours of community service and psychiatric counseling following his release.
That prosecution arose from a 2016 Department of Justice effort to verify the whereabouts and information of registered sex offenders. Authorities began searching for Mr. Cove after determining that his registration was not current. He ultimately surrendered to DOJ authorities on St. Croix in October 2016.
The Consortium also reported in February 2026 that Cove had previously pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender as part of a 2023 plea agreement, which also included a guilty plea to second-degree burglary. The agreement called for time served and a fine at the court's discretion, though details of the sentence ultimately imposed in April 2024 were not publicly available when VIC reported on the case.
The U.S. Marshals Service similarly noted in announcing Tuesday's arrest that Cove has been re-arrested multiple times since his release from prison for failing to update his sex offender registration.
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