Update: Woman Accused In Concord Basement Burglary Charged

Update: Concord police arrested April Gardner on July 5 on a warrant on multiple charges. She was processed and released on personal recognizance bail.

The initial story is below:

CONCORD, NH — Concord police have a suspect in the armed homeless woman hiding in a West End basement case from two weeks ago — and are asking for the public’s help locating her.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of April Gardner, 33, a homeless woman now located in Concord, on burglary, criminal trespass, and two counts of criminal mischief. More charges may also be filed in the case.

Gardner was accused of being discovered by a woman hiding out in the basement of a home on Lamprey Lane, armed with a knife, on June 14, which led to a multi-hour search, with the Bow police K-9 unit, around West End of the city, while police searched for her in the North End and West Concord, too. During the incident, she was accused of threatening to return — stating she believed her children were in the home and she was looking for them. Gardner is also believed to be the same woman seen wandering through a number of backyards in the neighborhood in late May.

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During the investigation and search, Gardner was revealed to be a possible suspect based on her description. She was accused by police of later admitting to the incident.

Gardner is described at either 4 feet, 11 inches or 5 feet, 5 inches tall, in court records, while weighing around 130 lbs. She has dirty blonde, auburn hair.

According to superior court records, Gardner has an active case in Webster from January and an active arrest warrant filed by Merrimack County Sheriffs for failure to appear at an arraignment and dispositional conference on May 28 after being charged with felony theft in Concord from November 2020 and four felony delivery of weapons, contraband charges out of Boscawen from August 2020.

Gardner has been arrested on several charges since 2007 including burglary, criminal trespass, and numerous drug possession charges. She is a felon due to guilty pleas on theft and multiple drug possession charges in September 2014, after incidents in Concord. Gardner also pleaded guilty in superior court to felony theft charges in November 2016 and January 2018.

Anyone who has information relative to any criminal incident is asked to call the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100, or submit information online to the website, concordregionalcrimeline.com, or Txt TIP234 and their message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and/or indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Concord Police Department and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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