Valencia County official charged after alleged attempt to hit juvenile on dirt bike

Sharon Hagaman, 68, of Rio Communities, was arrested Monday, June 22, after Bosque Farms police say she drove toward a juvenile on a dirt bike near the village wastewater plant. She serves on the Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors. She was released Tuesday, June 23, by Los Lunas Magistrate Judge Deseri A. Sichler, with arraignment set for July 14.

The call came from Desmet Road near the maintenance yard and wastewater treatment plant after a woman in a blue Subaru tried to hit a boy on a dirt bike. Officer Patrick Hernandez spoke with the juvenile, identified by initials ER. Bosque Farms has a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week police department with 15 sworn officers and 2 civilians serving Bosque Farms and the Town of Peralta, and village cleanup notices place the maintenance yard next to the wastewater treatment plant on DeSmet Road. Bosque Farms was incorporated in 1974 and sits about 15 miles south of Albuquerque.

New Mexico law defines aggravated assault as unlawfully assaulting or striking at another with a deadly weapon, and classifies it as a fourth-degree felony. State sentencing law says an attempt to commit a fourth-degree felony is a misdemeanor, which is why the allegation is being handled at the misdemeanor level.

The district's seven-member volunteer board, five elected supervisors and two appointed supervisors, identifies conservation needs, supervises staff, raises and budgets district funds, oversees spending for accountability to taxpayers and reports district activity to the public. Regular meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month at 4 p.m. at the Whitfield Visitor and Education Center in Belen, and the board’s minutes show Hagaman was sworn in on January 15, 2026, attended meetings in March and April, and was excused in May. Public comment is available under the Open Meetings Act.