By: TMP Reports
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:08 pm

An illegal immigrant was charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer after he allegedly tried to ram his vehicle into the officer who was walking early Saturday on Harrison Street, Murfreesboro Police reported.

Suspect Cesar Anturo Marquez Hernandez, 28, of 3407 Wellington Drive was charged with trying to kill Officer Brandon Benge, who was answering a domestic assault call, Detective John Singleton reported.

Benge responded to a domestic call about 3:30 a.m. on Harrison Street off Greenland Drive. He approached a man walking near a SUV and ordered him to step away from the vehicle several times.

Instead, the man identified later as Hernandez got into the SUV and started the engine with Benge ordering him to stop.

“The subject placed the vehicle in gear and accelerated at a high rate of speed and steered the vehicle at me,â€