A 32-year-old man died in police custody Friday morning while waiting to be arraigned in court in Brooklyn after being arrested for shoplifting three days earlier, according to police and a joint statement from two public defenders organizations. Soso Ramishvili was found dead inside a holding cel l in the Kings County Criminal Court building on Schermerhorn St. in downtown Brooklyn around 8:30 a.m., cops said. “Earlier today, we were notified that a person, who had been arrested on charges of a low-level crime, passed away in NYPD custody at Kings County Criminal Court,” the statement by The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services read. “This person, who should have been granted a desk appearance and released based on the offense, languished in pain in custody for three days and was deprived of medical care despite repeated pleas from defense lawyers and other personnel to secure them needed care. This level of indifference is unconscionable.” Ramishvili was arrested March 18 after allegedly trying to shoplift about $213 worth of power tools and other items from Home Depot, according to the criminal complaint against him obtained by the Daily News. He was charged with petit larceny, possession of stolen property and drug possession, according to the complaint. A source told The News that over the three days he spent in police custody Ramishvili was transferred back and forth between the police precinct, the hospital and the courthouse several times. His cause of death was not immediately known. Under New York City law, Ramishvili should have been issued a desk-appearance ticket and released, according to the Legal Aid Society, which has filed a lawsuit on his behalf. The same law requires people to be arraigned within 24 hours of their arrest, unless there is a reasonable explanation for the delay, according to the lawsuit. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division. Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ...read more read less