`sorry' Bank Robber Gets Nearly 7 Years

Anthony Kosloski 
Dec. 7, 1994 
Anthony W. Kosloski Of High Street, Ashley, Died Wednesday At His Daughter's 
Home In Wilkes-barre.

By JEFF WALSH; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Friday, December 09, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3A 





SCRANTON -- A former golf professional for the Wilkes-Barre Golf Club in
Bear Creek Township filed suit in federal court in Scranton on Wednesday
against the nine-member Wilkes-Barre Municipal Authority, which runs the golf
course, and Mark Ciavarella, its solicitor. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The suit says Jeffrey Garner of Albrightsville, Monroe County, was forced
to resign as the golf pro after $37,000 was unaccounted for in 1993 receipts.
When the audit was eventually completed, the $37,000 was accounted for, the
suit says. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The suit says Garner will lose, in addition to other wages and benefits,
$138,963 in wages from February 1994 through December 1996. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The suit asks for $50,000 and costs and asks that Garner be reinstated as a
Professional Golf Association professional with the authority and receive back
pay. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Ciavarella could not be reached for comment late Thursday afternoon. Garner
has an unlisted phone number. And F. John Brislin, an authority member, said
he couldn't comment on the suit at this stage, because the authority has yet
to see the complaint. He said he was unsure if it would be addressed at the
authority's next meeting at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 19 at City Hall. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The suit says that in February 1993, Garner and the municipal authority
entered a one-year contract for Garner to serve as a PGA professional. In
December 1993, the authority signed Garner to a three-year contract. On Feb.
22, 1994, after the end of the authority's regular meeting, the authority
requested Garner meet with them and their auditors about the 1993 financial
records. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Garner was asked to produce the daily register receipts, which he told the
authority were not kept in the ordinary course of business. Garner did offer
to provide the authority with daily closeout sheets for every day, computer
backups and disks, deposit books, starting time sheets, tournament or special
event contracts of certain events and daily review of receipts, all of which
had already been given to a controller on a daily basis, the suit says. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The following day, Garner went to retrieve those records from his office,
but they were not there. He called the controller in an attempt to locate
them, but couldn't find them. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The next day Garner met with the auditors to review the documentation
Garner told the authority he would give them, but the records were already
with the auditors. Garner brought the starting sheets of all tee times and
tournament contracts, the only documentation that was left in his office, the
suit says. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 On April 7 the authority held a special meeting, at which time it told
Garner that approximately $37,000 was missing from the 1993 receipts. The suit
says the authority threatened Garner with firing or immediate arrest if he did
not resign,

Wilkes-barre Golf Club's Former Pro Sues To Get Job Back The Dispute Between Jeffrey Garner And A City Authority Centered On Allegedly Missing Money