Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to the Bronx News Roundup. These are the Bronx stories we’re following today.

Bad news for Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson. According to a confidential report by the mayor’s office, obtained by DNAinfo, the Bronx “fell behind in stats ranging from the number of gun-toting suspects jailed to the conviction rate for violent felons.” Distubingly, the Bronx DA’s office only jailed 31 percent of those arrested for gun crimes. Johnson’s office responded by saying some of the indicators are misleading because they only take into account those arrested and not those indicted. “A great deal of evaluation, including whether or not to indict, takes place post arrest,” Johnson said in a statement.

A woman was hit by a truck and died earlier this morning in Mott Haven, DNAinfo reports.

Pete Magistro, founder of the real estate company Bronx Pro Group in Morris Park, talks about his work and the pluses and minuses of living in the Boogie Down. [NY Times]

Steve Smith, who owns the waterfront at Oak Point, talks about his plans for the area, including a wetlands project that was wiped out during Hurricane Sandy, the Times reports.

And finally, this awesomely sad front page story from the NY Post about welfare recipient apparently using their EBT cards at strip clubs and liqour stores in the Bronx and elsewhere.

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