An elderly Westchester grandmother was robbed of $10,000 by telephone scammers who told her that her grandson had been arrested in the Dominican Republic, Yonkers police said. The 75-year-old woman received the first call from the scammers telling her the grandson was in jail and she needed to go to the Western Union and wire $980 to bail him out, said Sgt.

An elderly Westchester grandmother was robbed of $10,000 by telephone scammers who told her that her grandson had been arrested in the Dominican Republic, Yonkers police said. The 75-year-old woman received the first call from the scammers telling her the grandson was in jail and she needed to go to the Western Union and wire $980 to bail him out, said Sgt.