Diner Manager Accused of Trying to Have Uncle Killed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 10, 2013
"The nephew, Georgios Spyropoulos, 45 and manager of the Tick Tock Diner on Route 3 in Clifton, asked an undercover trooper posing as a hit man to kill Alexandros Sgourdos, 57, and to dispose of the body, the authorities said.
Mr. Sgourdos also manages the Tick Tock Diner in Manhattan, a popular
tourist spot at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Pennsylvania
Station.
Officials said Mr. Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted
over the New Jersey restaurant, which was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food
Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” They said he also felt his
uncle was taking an unfair share of the profits from the classic chrome
diner, a popular spot among fans attending Jets and Giants games at the
stadium in the Meadowlands a few miles away.
“I think it’s an understatement to say they weren’t close,” Jeffrey S.
Chiesa, the state attorney general, said in a news conference here.
Mr. Spyropoulos, of Clifton, was being held on $1 million bail on
charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and unlawful
possession of a weapon. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a
message.."
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