By IRV OSLIN T-G Staff Writer Lake County Juvenile Court officer John D. Kinch has been fired following his second OVI-related conviction. Kinch, 51, of Painesville, was arrested May 26 on Interstate 71 in Ashland County for OVI, child endangering and speeding. He was transporting a 17-year-old boy to Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility in Delaware at the time. He accepted a plea deal earlier this month in Ashland Municipal Court, pleading guilty to aggravated reckless operation and aggravated disorderly conduct. The speeding charge was dismissed. Kinch, who had worked for the court since 1989, accepted a similar plea bargain in Lake County after being arrested there for drunk driving on New Years Eve 1994. Lake County Juvenile Court Judge William W. Weaver terminated Kinch effective Oct. 20, according to court administrator Michael Stanic. Weaver was waiting until the Ashland County case was resolved to fire him, Stanic said. Kinch had been on paid administrative leave since his arrest. As a result of his conviction, Kinch was placed on one year probation, sentenced to 60 days in jail and required to complete a drivers intervention program. The jail time was suspended. Kinch remains under an Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles operators license suspension, which was triggered by his blood-alcohol content at the time of his arrest. According to Highway Patrol and court records, Kinchs BAC measured .098 percent. Ohios threshold for OVI charges is .08, although arrests can be made at lower levels if other indicators are present. n Irv Oslin can be reached at 419-281-0581 ext. 240 or at ioslin@ times-gazette.com.