Top Dollar Pawn defendant denied probation, sentenced to prison

Walt Mauro, one of the four co-defendants in the Top Dollar Pawn money-laundering case, was sentenced to five years in the Colorado Department of Corrections with a three-year minimum for parole Tuesday. Each of the four defendants — Daria Mauro, Walt Mauro, Mischa Jargowsky and Jack Jargowsky — face 29 charges, including a pattern of racketeering and money laundering, following their arrests in 2022. The defendants were accused of laundering money over the course of four years at Top Dollar Pawn locations in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Investigators said the...