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U.S. District Court documents show Brewer will change his not-guilty plea at a hearing before Judge W. Allen Pepper Jr.
Brewer, 23, was indicted Oct. 20 on nine counts that, as a Corinth police officer, he conducted traffic stops in Alcorn County and secretly took cash from nine different motorists Sept. 17-18.
He also is accused of violating their constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure.
Exactly how many counts he will plead guilty to is not stated in the documents.
If he had been convicted at trial, he could have faced up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The U.S. Probation Service will recommend punishment to Pepper, who will sentence Brewer after the report is complete in several weeks.
In a similar case last July, former Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Shane Minich was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of fake traffic stops and secret thefts from drivers.
Minich, 35, of Nettleton began serving his sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on Aug. 23.
Contact Patsy R. Brumfield at (662) 678-1596 or patsy.brumfield@djournal.com.