Former Corinth Police Officer Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison

OXFORD, MS—Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that:

Jamie Brewer, former officer with the Corinth Police Department, was sentenced Monday before United States District Judge W. Allen Pepper, Jr., in Greenville, Mississippi, following his guilty plea entered in December to four counts of depriving motorists of their civil rights under color of law, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242.

Judge Pepper ordered Brewer to serve 46 months in prison. Brewer was also ordered to pay $2,257.00 in restitution to his victims and to serve a period of one year supervised release following incarceration.

“Law enforcement officers receive certain powers from the government so they can defend the rights of the people and prevent wrongdoing,” stated Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi. “When individuals working in an official capacity violate the trust of their communities by abusing that power, they undermine the hard work of all law enforcement and judicial officials. The FBI is committed to restoring trust in law enforcement by holding those who abuse their privileges and abandon their responsibilities accountable. Badges and guns do not come with the authority to ignore the Constitution; they come with the responsibility to protect it from anyone who would violate it, especially another public servant.”

The indictment returned against Brewer alleged that he deprived individuals of their constitutional right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure by secretly removing cash from the individuals’ wallets during traffic stops.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Tupelo, Mississippi, office and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Marshall Alexander.