CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County officials have agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of an Ohio National Guard veteran who took his own life in the county jail.
Nicholas Colbert’s death in 2019 was the last in a string of nine deaths in 11 months at the jail. Five of those deaths were by suicide.
Cuyahoga County Council and a county probate judge must sign off on the settlement before it becomes official. Council is set to vote on it Tuesday…