Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba now faces adultery charge

WAUKESHA (WITI) -- Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba on Wednesday, September 25th again appeared before Waukesha's Police and Fire Commission for a disciplinary hearing, but it didn't play out as some had hoped.

Wednesday's hearing was a continuation of another held on September 12th.

Alba is accused of violating the anti-harassment policy and the Waukesha Fire Department's Code of Conduct.

On Wednesday, there was an additional charge, despite the fact that the woman who was allegedly sexually harassed by Alba was a no show.

Alba's attorney was hoping to have the woman subpoenaed, in order to have her brought to court to attempt to prove she made untrue statements to investigators. However, that didn't happen.

Alba is accused of asking the woman in his department to quit because he was attracted to her and it was distracting to him.

On September 12th, Alba told the panel he did not threaten the woman, and said the two had an affair last year while both were married. They broke it off, and she found it too difficult to work together, and Alba said he thought her leaving was a reasonable solution.

Within two weeks of that testimony, a new charge was issued against Alba: adultery.

"They introduced additional charges that frankly I didn't expect. The adultery charge -- I rather doubt the city of Waukesha will be implementing this as far as other employees," Alba's attorney said.

Alba took the stand again on Wednesday, saying he has heard of no other city employee that has faced an adultery charge.

The two sides will make their closing arguments on October 8th. Meanwhile, Alba remains suspended with pay.