Ohio Highway State Patrol and its Defiance post lamenting loss of an officer.

The Ohio Highway State Patrol and its Defiance post are lamenting the loss of an officer. Sgt. Matthew Cook of the local Post died Wednesday evening at his home near McComb, according to a release posted by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office on its Facebook page. The sheriff’s further noted that “information collected throughout the preliminary investigation indicates the cause of death to be self-induced.