ALBANY — Police say they've busted the Milk Man.

For weeks, Frankie Daioczok roamed Albany neighborhoods stealing milk bottles from the porch, police said. He was apprehended Thursday at 8:50 a.m. near Madison Avenue and Patridge Street by Detective Michael Nadoraski. Police searched since Sept. 12, when a resident set up a camera to show him stealing milk bottles at 6:30 a.m. from a home on Maplewood Street, police said.

Daioczok allegedly stole the bottles from milk delivery boxes and emptied out the milk and then returned the bottles to the Honest Weight co-op to cash in on the $2 redemption fee.

Daioczok was charged with criminal trespass and petit larceny, arraigned in City Court and sent to the Albany County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bail.

He was also arrested on an active bench warrant from a December 2011 case, when he stole a seven-foot Christmas tree from the Capital Lights in the Park display at Washington Park. He was apprehended moments later and charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Daioczok failed to appear to his scheduled court appearance for the 2011 case and a warrant was issued.