11/23/18 – 9:51 A.M.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death in the county jail as an apparent suicide. A corrections officer found a man dead in his cell around 1 p.m. Thursday. The Lucas County Coroner’s Office will perform an autopsy on the man to determine the cause of death.

Authorities have not publicly identified the man. They say he had been in the jail for about a week and was facing several felony charges.