Georgios Spyropoulos, Tick Tock diner manager, pleads not guilty to soliciting hit man to kill uncle
(CBS/AP) TOTOWA, N.J. - The manager of the popular Tick Tock diner in New Jersey has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill his uncle.
Georgios Spyropoulos appeared in court in Paterson Friday in shackles. He has been held on $1 million bail since his arrest Wednesday.Prosecutors allege Spyropoulos asked an undercover state trooper posing as a hit man to kill Alexandros Sgourdos and to get rid of the body. Sgourdos co-owns the Tick Tock diners in Clifton and Manhattan.
Spyropoulos is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Spyropoulos' attorney tells The Associated Press his client's family is "mortified and distraught" over the allegations.
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