Del got up and left his bevy of women sitting at the bar. When he walked out the door of the swank L.A. bistro he was confronted by the S.W.A.T. team.

It was all a mistake. L.A.'s finest thought Del was a gang member. He quietly and quickly got out of town.

There was no hope. Santa was too elusive for Del. He threw in the towel and went sailing with some friends.

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Tension December 1996