Welcome back to another exciting and informative edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Here are the Bronx stories we’re following today, starting with the weather: Strong chance of rain before 3 p.m., then scattered showers or thunderstorms possible later on. High around 77.

In July, the Bronx District Attorney’s office quietly implemented a new policy designed to curb unwarranted trespassing arrests at the borough’s housing projects, the NY Times reports. Now, Bronx prosecutors are requiring police officers who make trespassing arrests to be interviewed in the “hopes of eliminating tenants and invited guest from being prosecuted unlawfully,” according to a letter sent to the NYPD from the DA’s office. (Before they just sent in signed affidavits.) The move is being seen as a direct response to the scrutiny surrounding so-called “stop and frisk” arrests by the NYPD. The arrests, which overwhelmingly impact minorities, have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to calls for reform by rights activists. Trespassing arrests have dropped significantly in the Bronx recently, but have remained steady in other boroughs.

Karen Castillo-Reyes, a 43-year-old Bronx mother of two, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon in Hunts Point after a tussle with an ex-boyfriend escalated into murder, the Daily News reports.

The Bronx man arrested (after turning himself in) and charged with a hate crime for slashing somebody at a West Village McDonald’s, says he is not a “hater.” [Daily News]

iPhone owners beware. New numbers reveal that an increase in thefts of Apple products greatly outpaces the increase in city crime overall. Since mid-August, police say a man is robbing victims of their iPhones and other electronic gadgets by threatening them with a hypodermic needle, the Daily News reports. That’s on top of a recent wave of smart phone robberies in Bedford Park. No arrests have been made in either case.

City authorities shut down a Bronx produce wholesaler for operating illegally, WSJ reports.

Coverage from NY1 helped a NYCHA resident get a hole in her wall fixed sooner than expected.

The city is planning to open five new homeless shelters by the end of the year. The Bronx will get two of them (surprise, surprise), while Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens will each get one, WSJ reports.

A Bronx family is suing a pharmacist who accidentally filled a Ritalin prescription with methadone, almost killing a 7-year-old boy. See the story in the video below.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, a room at the Bronx Library Center has been transformed into an homage to Hispanic and Puerto Rican culture and artifacts, reports Jeanmarie Evelly for DNAinfo.

Two bars in the South Bronx — Bruckner Bar & Grill and the Clock Cafe and Martini Bar — are starting to cater to the borough’s growing gay and lesbian community, DNAinfo reports.

Bronxites are paying about 30 cents more per gallon at the gas pump than the national average, the Bronx Times reports.

A nice look at a day in the life of a poll worker on primary day by Press reporter Adam Wisnieski.

Big drug bust at The Majestic in Riverdale recently, the Riverdale Press reports.

In last week’s Bronx Times column, Bob Kappstatter surveys the Bronx political landscape in the aftermath of Mark Gjonaj’s upset victory over Naomi Rivera in the 80th Assembly District. Kappy says Gjonaj will be great at constituent services and is informally known as “The Godfather.”

That’s it for today. Send links and news tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.