The suspects arrested Sunday morning in Saunders County tied to an alleged identity theft ring were identified Wednesday as 29-year-old Eric Jordan and 27-year-old Sarah Maxwell.

When Saunders County Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Coglin pulled over the pair around 2 a.m. for a traffic violation, he knew it wasn't a routine traffic stop. The car was so full of mail, you couldn't see through it.

"They had just about anything you could imagine,” says Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz. “We saw retirement checks, payments to banks, credit unions, payments to credit card companies, that's what they washed out, put their own fake ID’s on and cashed those."

The sheriff said they would wash the ink off checks, then make the check payable to one of Jordan's fake identities for the same amount as originally written and cash it at a local bank, making it nearly impossible for a victim to detect on a bank statement.

"This is part of a large identity theft ring," says U.S. Postal Inspector Dave Margritz. "We certainly believe there are other people involved," says Sheriff Stukenholtz.

The morning of the arrest, there was another vehicle traveling with the suspects and the search is on for that vehicle and whoever was inside it.

Jordan and Maxwell have been charged with giving false information, possession of meth and possession of false ID’s. Jordan has also been charged with attempted escape and attempted theft of a motor vehicle. The sheriff says he tried to steal a trooper's car during his arrest.

They will soon face even more charges. “Every time they went into a mailbox and illegally obtained mail, those are additional felonies," says the sheriff.

They come with stiff penalties. “Some federal charges, two-to-five years, state charges vary quite a bit, it all depends on prior criminal histories, the dollar loss, that type of thing, but it could be substantial penalties,” says Margritz.

Both Jordan and Maxwell have criminal records. Jordan is expected back in court June 24th, Maxwell on June 17th.

The mail found in the car spans nearly six months starting in late 2007. It's estimated there's a thousand victims from Douglas Sarpy, Saunders and Pottawattamie counties.

"We're in the process now of getting letters out to everyone that’s affected, letting them know what we found, what steps they need to take in terms of running their credit report and other things and getting them all the information they need," says Margritz.

Sheriff Stukenholtz said after the bust that as far as identity theft cases, this was a huge operation. “I've been in law enforcement for over 30 years and this is the largest one I've ever seen."