Greek expat in the U.S., and former manager of the famed Tick Tock Diner, Georgios Spyropoulos has been accused of attempting to murder his restaurant’s co-owner and his own uncle by marriage, Alexandros Sgourdos.
G. Spyropoulos faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, attempted robbery and three weapons offenses. The 45-year-old Clifton resident faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted. The indictment was handed out on Wednesday afternoon, as State Grand Jury decided.
According to police information, G. Spyropoulos was in search of a hit man to carry out his plan. Spyropoulos allegedly resented Sgourdos’ control and profit from the family diners, and wanted to increase his ownership and management in Clifton, so his plan was to have a hit man torture his uncle in order to get the combination that would give him access to the Manhattan diner’s safe.
Authorities said the hit man had to pretend that it was a burglary. Once he obtained the combination, he would enter the diner and steal the cash from the safe. He was supposed to murder Sgourdos and dispose of the body so it would not be found by law enforcement.
Spyropoulos allegedly offered to pay the hit man $20,000 to carry out the plot. Spyropoulos was arrested on April 9 and remains free on $600,000 bail. His attorney, Anthony Pope, said he intends to plead not guilty at the arraignment.
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