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Man dies in NYPD custody at Brooklyn's Central Courts Building
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Louis C. Hochman
Published Mar 21, 2025
Modified Mar 22, 2025
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Louis C. Hochman
Published Mar 21, 2025
Modified Mar 22, 2025
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A man died in the NYPD's custody at the Central Courts Building in Brooklyn on Friday morning, according to police.
The 32-year-old man, who'd been charged with petit larceny, was discovered unconscious in the building around 8:25 a.m., police said. EMS responded and the man was pronounced dead, according to police.
The NYPD identified the man Friday night as Soso Ramishvili, who lived on Brooklyn's Avenue X. The department didn't release any information about what may have caused the man's death.
Police said the city medical examiner's office will determine the man's cause of death, and the investigation is ongoing.
This story has been updated with the name of the man who died.
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Louis C. Hochman
After about two decades in (mostly) New Jersey-focused commercial print, digital and digital-but-radio-adjacent news, Lou stumbled into member-supported news in early 2021, as the editor and CEO of Montclair Local. There, he (hopes he) expanded enterprise, brought more sophistication to digital storytelling and moved the nonprofit newsroom closer to long-term financial sustainability. He helped lead the Local to its fourth consecutive General Excellence award from the New Jersey Press Association — the NJPA's highest honor with judges noting the paper's work to strip away layers of government opacity, to hold power to account, to make news accessible for more members of the community, to share the stories and concerns of more facets of the community and to tell compelling stories across multiple media. He's excited to continue the same ethic — news as a public service — at NYPR as the New Jersey and suburbs editor, drawing on the extraordinary talents of reporters including Karen Yi and Nancy Solomon. Lou lives in Philly (that commute!) with his partner and their two cats, about whom and about which he speaks incessantly.
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