An accused "brazen burglar" is literally tracked down in the woods.

Police say they have the man who has spent years stealing from cabins in the North Country. Over the last six months, more than 60 summer homes near Brant Lake have been hit by the same bandit.

But earlier this week, police caught a break. A snow plow driver near Beaver Pond saw bicycle tracks leading into the woods. And Wednesday, sheriffs deputies tracked down their man.

NEWS10's Jeff Stoecker explains what happened.

For over a year, Warren County Sheriffs Deputies and State Police have been looking for a man living in camps in the middle of the woods, stealing items here and there from camps in northern Warren County.

"A lot of people seen him and whatnot, but they just weren't able to catch up to him," says Paul Smith, with the Horicon Highway Department.

Until Wednesday, the arrest of 59-year-old Alan Como came on the heels of a Tuesday morning tip from two Horicon snowplow operators who saw something that just did not look right.

"2:30 in the morning, somebody is out on a bicycle and there is two-inches of snow on the road...something is going on," says Mark Younes, with the Horicon Highway Department.

There was a bike trail in the snow that the plows followed along their route.

"I finally tracked him out on to Pallisades Road, which eventually leaded to Beaver Pond Road," Younes says. "Then that was the end of my route, and one of the other plow guys picked the track up from there."

The plow operator followed the tracks in the snow until they went over the snow bank and left the road.

"They sent up some investigators...Mark and I went up to show them where he went over the bank, and they took it from there," says Smith.

After two days of scouring the woods, on Wednesday, deputies found Como's latest campsite.

"(It was) about two-miles in, way back in the deep woods...(we) spooked this guy out of his place," says Warren County Sheriff Larry Cleveland.

Then, a nearly two-mile foot chase ensued, until Como ran into uniformed officers waiting for him.

Authorities say Como was arrested in New Hampshire in 2003 for similar burglaries, and is tied to others in Essex County. He was caught all on a tip from plow drivers with a keen eye, in the wee hours of the morning.

"We would have never gone to the depth to look for him in that area if we had not gotten that lead from them," Sheriff Cleveland says.

"It's like any other thing...the Sheriff needs tips, and it was just a tip that worked out," says Smith.

Como faces various charges, including burglary, trespass and resisting arrest.