Tick Tock Diner manager arrested in foiled murder-for-hire plot
Wednesday April 10, 2013, 1:46 PM
BY RICH COWEN AND CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
TOTOWA — The manager of the famous Tick Tock Diner in Clifton has been arrested for plotting to murder his uncle who co-owns the family’s eateries, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced Wednesday.
Chiesa said State Police thwarted the alleged murder-for-hire plot of Georgios Spyropoulos, 45, of Clifton, who “planned in great detail” to have his uncle Alexandros Sgourdos tortured, robbed and murdered. He “enlisted two men who he thought were going to carry out his ruthless plot,” Chiesa said during a press conference Wednesday at the State Police barracks in Totowa.
Sgourdos, 57, is co-owner of the diner, which has locations on Route 3 in Clifton and 8th Avenue in Manhattan.
I only ate there once; I had “Chicken Parmigiana”. It’s in quotes because it was really just a couple frozen breaded chicken fingers with mozzarella and tomato paste poured over it.
As I said, I only ate there once. Once.