WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. authorities are investigating two suspected identity thieves found with a box filled with hundreds of Dollar Tree job applications apparently obtained by going through trash containers in Wichita, a search warrant shows.

The executed warrant, filed recently in federal court in Kansas, outlines the investigation. The suspects had employment applications for 429 people, some of which included copies of driver's licenses and Social Security cards.

Dollar Tree, a discount store chain based in based in Chesapeake, Virginia, has 10 stores in Wichita. Court documents did not...