Law enforcement officials know that every lead has to be pursued in the search for two suspected cop-killers, but one sheriff is getting tired of responding to false alarms.

Someone broke into a home in Montezuma Creek, Utah, a few hours after the search for two fugitives was called off Sunday, Navajo Nation Police Sgt. Willfred Tahy said Friday.

The burglars stole a gallon of water from the home, and Tahy said a track led from the house northeast into Colorado. Ten Navajo searchers were coordinating the Utah search effort with the Montezuma County sheriff, Tahy said.

Montezuma County Sheriff Sherman Kennell said the break-in does not look like it was committed by fugitives Alan "Monte" Pilon and Jason Wayne McVean. And if there are credible tracks in Colorado, it’s news to him.

"There’s nothing right now that indicates these guys are heading this way," Kennell said. "We couldn’t find any tracks coming into Colorado. There are no such tracks."

Kennell said he and Joey Chavez, a captain with the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, drove to Montezuma Creek Sunday night to investigate the break-in at the house 9½ miles north of town. A screen had been removed and a window broken in the home, but because the owner could not locate a key, special weapons and tactics team members were forced to break another window to gain access, Kennell said.

Inside, searchers found no one and nothing was missing, he said. A wallet containing $100 cash was sitting on a dresser, Kennell said, and the keys to a brand-new Chevrolet truck parked in the driveway were sitting inside the house.

At the time, the owner agreed that nothing was missing, Kennell said. But later he reported a jug of water had been stolen.

Kennell said the break-in did not look like it was performed by Pilon, 30, of Dove Creek, and McVean, 26, of Durango. The two men have eluded authorities for seven weeks after allegedly shooting Cortez police officer Dale Claxton and wounding two sheriff’s deputies May 29. A third suspect, Robert Mason, 26, of Durango, committed suicide June 4 near Bluff, Utah, after wounding a sheriff’s deputy.

Authorities did find some tracks Thursday at Cahone ruins, 10 miles east of Montezuma Creek, Kennell said.

Searchers determined those tracks, which resembled some found at the scene of the break-in, were very old, Kennell said. Other tracks were discovered at Hatch Trading Post, 15 miles east of the ruins, but those didn’t resemble any of the other tracks, he said.