Plywood covers the front door Thursday at Phil’s Super Variety & Grill U.S. Route 202 in Monmouth, where police say a Winthrop man broke in just before 4 a.m. Tuesday. Police say Zach Lowe, 32, has been charged in the burglary after several residents identified him from a surveillance video posted to Facebook by the Monmouth Police Department. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

MONMOUTH — Tipsters helped police identify a suspect after a video of a burglary at Phil’s Super Variety & Grill, a convenience store and restaurant on U.S. Route 202, was posted Tuesday on Facebook by the Monmouth Police Department.

Zach Lowe, 32, of Winthrop was identified by several residents as the person in the video, according to an announcement from Monmouth police.

The minutelong video showed a suspect taking lottery tickets from a dispenser in Phil’s Super Variety & Grill just before 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to the announcement.

Monmouth police responded to the store at about 5 a.m., and officers were assisted by the Winthrop Police Department and the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.

Lowe was arrested and charged with burglary, aggravated criminal mischief and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Each is a Class C charge with a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Lowe is being held in the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta.

Lowe allegedly broke into Phil’s Super Variety & Grill early Tuesday by smashing through the glass front door, which was secured Thursday with plywood. Inside, police said, Lowe took more than $1,000 worth of lottery tickets, cigarettes, cash and other small items.

Alana Floyd, the weekend breakfast cook at Phil’s Super Variety & Grill, said the store was able to get most of its merchandise back.

Floyd said this was the fourth time Phil’s Super Variety & Grill had been burglarized in the 14 years she has worked at the market. Other times, suspects have gotten in through the back door or through pipes leading to the kitchen, so she was surprised this alleged break-in occurred through the glass front door, which faces U.S. Route 202.

In the days following a burglary, Floyd said, community members often stop at the market out of interest. This week has been no different, she said.

“I’m not going to say business is up, but I feel like right now, we have plywood on the front door, so people want to come,” she said. “It’s a small town. Curiosity.”