Concord Woman Accused Of Threatening To Have A Man Killed Over Possession Of A Cat

CONCORD, NH — A woman from Concord is facing charges after being accused of threatening a man and later, asking him through a third party to drop the threat charge, according to police and court paperwork.

On July 18, Meghan L. Horne, 45, of Thompson Street in Concord, took out an emergency restraining order against a man in his early 40s. After the order was issued, the man filed a complaint against Horne, claiming she threatened to have him killed. According to a complaint, Horne was accused of stating, “If you don’t call me and tell me where my f------ cat is, (another man’s name) will kill you and your whole family, and you know he will.”

The threat reportedly occurred around 8:15 p.m. in the area of 25 S. Main St. A warrant was issued against Horne, accusing her of threatening the man.

Around 8 a.m. on July 19, the man came to the police station and accused Horne of messaging him, requesting he drop the charge against her, according to an affidavit.

An officer met with the victim and interviewed him. The complainant said Horne was speaking to him through a third party. He took out his cellphone and showed the officer the conversation from the third party, a woman in her late 40s. The woman asked the victim if she could come by to get a cat to ensure it was fed until the situation between the pair was resolved, an affidavit said. Another message from the woman told the victim that Horne wanted him to drop the charges, according to a report.

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“If you cancel the charge and bring Salem (the cat) home, you can come to the apartment and she’ll cancel the order,” the officer claimed the message on the phone said. “But she wants proof that the cat (is) still with you and that its (sic) here and that you canceled her fake charges, she said, her words, not mine, and then she’ll cancel her order, and you can go there to stay.”

The officer said the section of the message that stated, “her words not mine,” was an attempt to induce the victim to drop the charge, “which he ultimately denied by stating, ‘I’m not falling for a third-party contact trap’.”

The woman also requested the victim not bring her name into the situation, even though she was relaying a message “she asked me to,” the affidavit said. The officer surmised the comment “also shows Meghan requested (the woman) to ask (the victim) to drop the charges.”

Horne was arrested at 10:02 p.m. on July 21 on the criminal threatening charge and entered a plea of not guilty three days after. She was given a public defender for the threat case.

On July 22, a warrant was issued for her arrest on the felony witness tampering charge. At noon on Sept. 19, Horne was arrested again on the tampering charge and she was held on preventative detention.

On Oct. 1, Horne’s attorney filed a motion to continue and amend her bail. The attorney said Horne was discussing with prosecutors a resolution to both cases and moving the probable cause hearing to late October “would advance a resolution.” The attorney and the prosecution agreed Horne could be released on personal recognizance, with all other bail conditions remaining in place.

Judge Dorothy Walch agreed, and Horne was released.

On Oct. 21, the defense attorney also requested a criminal conviction packet and information about two cases involving the victim, according to court documents. The cases include a felony theft charge from December 2024 in Concord, which is scheduled to go before a jury in March 2026, and drug possession, stalking, assault, domestic violence, and breach charges from May in Concord. That trial is set to go to a jury in May 2026.

A trial was held in Concord District Court on Oct. 23 on Horne’s threat charge. After the trial, the case was continued until Nov. 3, with Judge Ryan Guptill.

According to court paperwork, Horne has been arrested several times between 2019 and 2025. She has also filed petitions against the victim in 2020 and 2025, as well as against another man in 2020.

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