A candidate for the Sterling Heights City Council this week defended his arrest 17 years ago by the city’s police department for obstructing police at the home of his son during a family trouble incident.

Daniel Acciacca, 67, was arrested after he refused to obey police orders to leave his son’s home while police were investigating a dispute there. He also showed up drunk, according to the police report.

The matter was later dismissed, although Acciacca says he was pressured to accept a plea bargain to resolve the matter.

“It was a family issue where my son calls me up over a relationship with a gal where the police were trying to get inside of his home but the woman wasn’t there, and I said ‘then don’t let them in,'” Acciacca said Thursday.

“I showed up over there and they were challe

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