MANCHESTER — Police, acting on a tip, arrested a local man early Thursday morning in the theft of a $2,500 spool of copper wire in a burglary of a Silver Street business.

At 4:40 a.m., a caller reported seeing two men “acting suspiciously” by a parked car outside 288 Auburn St. Officers arrived and detained one of the men identified as Christopher Hull, 25, of 43 Walnut St., Manchester.

They found a large blue spool of red-coated copper wiring in the trunk of the car that police said they connected to Hull.

The copper wiring was taken in a burglary of Burton Wire and Cable at 504 Silver St.

Hull is charged with receiving stolen property and burglary.