Valencia conservation district supervisor resigns after Bosque Farms arrest
A Bosque Farms arrest pushed Sharon Hagaman off Valencia's conservation board after police said she drove toward a juvenile on a dirt bike.
Sharon Hagaman resigned from the Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District board after her June 22 arrest in Bosque Farms on allegations that she drove her car toward a juvenile riding a dirt bike near the village wastewater treatment plant.
The charge is attempted aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Under New Mexico law, an attempt to commit a fourth-degree felony is handled as a misdemeanor, putting the case in a lower court track.
The conservation district was formed on May 1, 1947, and covers 1,438,000 acres across all of Valencia County, a small portion of northern Socorro County, Isleta Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo. It is run by a seven-member volunteer board with five elected supervisors and two appointed supervisors. Its duties include budgeting district funds and complying with New Mexico laws and regulations. Its regular meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Whitfield Visitor and Education Center in Belen.
Bosque Farms police responded to a report that a woman in a blue Subaru was trying to hit a juvenile on a dirt bike in the area. The department is a 24-hour, full-service agency with 15 sworn officers and 2 civilians, serving both the Village of Bosque Farms and the Town of Peralta. The confrontation was captured on video from the boy’s point of view and posted to the Bosque Farms, Peralta NM, Crime Watch Facebook group. The boy’s father later confronted Hagaman in a second video.
Hagaman’s resignation was accepted at a special board meeting on Saturday, June 27, and it took effect immediately that day. In her resignation letter, she wrote, “If it caused any embarrassment and hardship to the sitting board members, I am truly sorry.”
Arraignment is set for July 14.
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