Steger Teen Wanted For Armed Robbery Captured

A Steger teen wanted in connection with a September armed robbery was apprehended and jailed.

Eric Oestmann, 19, allegedly robbed another young man at gunpoint on Sept. 14. He was arrested by sheriff’s deputies and locked up in the Will County jail early Thursday.

The warrant for Oestmann’s arrest carried a $500,000 bond.

Just eight months ago, Cook County deputies raided Oestmann’s Hopkins Street home and allegedly recovered a Taurus .357 handgun, a Mossberg .22-caliber rifle and a Kel-Tec 9 mm pistol.

Oestmann and a 16-year-old pulled up to the residence in a car as deputies were poised to raise the place, police said. Oestmann was allegedly carrying a 40-caliber Glock when he was taken into custody.

The serial numbers on the Glock and all three firearms found in the house had been defaced, police said.

Along with the guns, deputies confiscated 64 rounds of ammunition, eight tramadol pills, a bottle of promethazine with codeine, nearly 20 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Oestmann was charged with the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a defaced firearm. The 16-year-old was taken to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.