YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney has ordered attorney and former Mahoning County Chief Deputy County Clerk of Courts Jennifer Ciccone to report to the Mahoning County jail at 9 a.m. Nov. 21 to serve 10 days after finding Ciccone in contempt of court.

The Wednesday order states that Ciccone is in contempt of court for failing to appear for a hearing and failing to file a response to a motion in a civil case before Sweeney. The order directs Ciccone to pay $4,000 to the plaintiff in the suit, Carol L. Morgan of Boardman, by Nov. 17 and to serve 10 days in jail.

Ciccone can “purge her contempt by paying the full amount to (Morgan) as previously stated. The failure to follow any of the above instructions will result in a warrant for the arrest of Jennifer Ciccone,” the order states.

The order references an Aug. 28, 2025, judgment entry in which Sweeney supported the decision of her magistrate, Dennis Sarisky, when Sarisky issued a decision June 16 ordering Ciccone to disburse $3,500 from the estate of Andrew W. Rauzan and pay it to Morgan within 30 days of June 16.

An agreement for Ciccone to pay the $3,500 had been reached April 1, 2025, but as of 75 days later, it still had not been paid, Sarisky’s decision states.

The ruling noted that Ciccone had earlier stated that the payment would be delayed because Ciccone had permission from the beneficiaries of the estate to settle the case, but the case had not yet closed. Ciccone had indicated that the payment would not be made until late this year or early in 2026.

But Sarisky’s entry stated that he found that “unacceptable and unfair to (Morgan), who has waited years to resolve this matter.”

Sweeney’s Aug. 28, 2025, ruling stated that Ciccone’s June 30, 2025, objection to Sarisky’s June 16 ruling “accused the magistrate’s decision as made on unsupported assumptions, personal impressions and striking unfamiliarity with fundamental legal procedures.”

But Ciccone “did not support any allegations from the record.” It added that based on the record, “nothing could be further from the facts and truth in this matter,” Sweeney’s ruling states.

Sweeney stated that Sarisky “determined the factual issues properly” and adopted Sarisky’s decision as the order of the court.