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A U.S. Postal Service carrier said he felt bad and stupid after being arrested for delivering mail to a law firm in Whitefish Bay while buck naked.

David A. Goodman, 52, said he was only trying to cheer up a 21-year-old female employee of the law firm who had "seemed to be stressed out" when he made his first delivery to the office Dec. 4, according to a report from the Whitefish Bay Police Department.

Goodman, of the 7500 block of N. Seneca Road in Fox Point, was cited for lewd and lascivious behavior, a citation that carries a $681 forfeiture, police said.

According to the police report, officers were called to the law office in the 300 block of E. Silver Spring Drive shortly after 1:30 p.m. on "a report of a naked postal carrier in the building's hallway."

"No naked subjects or postal carriers were observed by officers," when they checked the parking lot of the building, the report states.

The employee told officers that when "Mailman Dave" arrived at the office about 1 p.m. to make the regular delivery, she mentioned that she still had to pick up the law firm's mail from its post office box.

She said Goodman left but returned about 10 minutes later and knocked on the door.

After the woman opened the door, Goodman entered the office, where, "she was shocked to see that he was naked."

"The woman turned away from Goodman, held out her hand and said, "Give me the mail and get out of here."

Goodman immediately began to apologize before leaving the office, only to return about 20 minutes later to apologize through a closed door.

The woman said she did not believe Goodman intended to harm her and that her boss told her to call police.

Goodman was arrested a short time later at the North Shore Post Office and taken to the police station. There, the police report states, he admitted making the naked mail delivery and said he was only trying to cheer up the woman and make her laugh.

"He stated that he took off his clothes, laid them next to the doorway and knocked on the door," the report says.

"After (the woman) let him in, he could immediately see that he had upset her and immediately felt bad and stupid. He apologized, left the office and got dressed," the report states.

Goodman told officers the woman had seemed stressed out and had a lot going on with school and work. He said he told her he intended to pick up the firm's mail from the post office box and deliver it naked.

He also said he took her response to his statement as a dare.

The woman, however, said she never heard such a statement and did not dare him.