Brandi Chin is shown in a photo provided by the Solano County District Attorney's Office. Chin took a plea deal Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, to avoid trial in a case where she was accused of choking and throwing a pug dog named Benny in an incident that was caught on video and posted to social media. (Courtesy photo)

FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield woman who authorities said choked and punched a pug dog named Benny in the face before hurling the pint-size pooch through the air like a bowling ball is now a convicted felon.

Brandi D. Chin, 31, took a plea deal with prosecutors Monday as dozens of potential jurors waited nearby for the start of what was expected to be a four-day jury trial. Chin faced a felony animal abuse charge for what authorities said she did to Benny on Dec. 19, 2015, at a Fairfield trailer park.

Chin, who faced up to a year in jail and a possible $20,000 fine, pleaded no contest to the felony charge in exchange for a six month jail sentence along with being placed on three years of formal probation.

Chin was arrested after Fairfield police obtained surveillance camera video that was posted on Facebook and was picked up by media outlets throughout the country. The video shows Benny flying through the air and flopping into a puddle of water before he tumbles and rolls several times on the asphalt before being scooped up by Chin’s boyfriend.

A visitor at the trailer park testified during a previous court hearing to seeing Chin swinging the pug dog by the nape of the neck, grabbing Benny by the throat, holding him up to her face and frantically screaming about wanting him to die.

Benny, now in a foster home, was examined by a veterinarian after being hurled and was found unharmed by the abuse.

Judge John B. Ellis ordered Chin, who is out of jail on bail, to return to his court for sentencing Oct. 26.

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