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FREEP.COM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017 3A Metro A couple caught in a sex act on a Detroit- bound passenger jet last month not only tried to hide their activity with a blanket, but pulled it while a man was sleeping in the same row next to them, according to a police report ob- tained by the Free Press. As one passenger wrote in a witness state- ment: felt bad for the guy beside them, but I guess he was What he slept through was an incident that triggered an FBI investigation: A intoxi- woman was performing oral sex on a man in Row 26, triggering complaints from nearby passengers in other rows who caught on to what was going on. The woman in partic- ular was less than cooperative, a police report said, noting she and and was after being hauled to an airport jail cell. These are some of the details involving the Oct. 29 incident, which was documented in a 9-page police report obtained by the Free Press under the Freedom of Information Act.

The Wayne Metro Airport Police Department, which responded to the incident, said both the man and women received citations from the FBI for lewd and lascivious behavior and for disorderly conduct. According to the police report, the 48-year- old California woman and 28-year-old man met on the Delta Air Lines between Los Angeles and Detroit. The seat was not in his row, but she switched her seat so that she could be next to him. At about 3:30 pm, the airport police at De- troit Metro received a report about two passen- gers having intercourse on the plane. dis- patch, the female involved was reported to be highly the report said.

When the plane landed at Detroit Metro, two police entered the plane. One of them spoke with the man, who said that the woman fallen asleep in his lap but that they did not have An then questioned the woman, whose eyes were and Dozing misses airplane sex act Woman was drunk, disruptive, report says Tresa Baldas Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See AIRPLANE, Page 5A Voters in communities across Michigan are casting ballots Tuesday for the general elec- tion. what to know to make voting easy and fast: 1. Dry skies be chilly but bone dry all week. That goes for metro Detroit and much of the state.

So most Michigan voters have no weather wor- ries. Just bundle up and head to the polls. 2. Good timing Polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday.

always more demand in early morning and again at night, but in general the wait times for this election will be short. be- cause turnouts be nearly as heavy as last presidential duel. expecting about a turnout in De- compared with about a year ago, said Ken Whittaker, civic engagement coordi- nator for the Detroit Michigan Unit- ed. Also speeding you through the polls? The actual ballots, which are fairly short in most communities, Whittaker said. 4.

Vote now! You can still vote absentee. No kidding! To vote by absentee ballot Tuesday, just show up during business hours in general, before 4 p.m. at any city or township By state law, you can request an absentee ballot on the spot, if registered to vote, said Au- burn Hills City Clerk Terri Kowal. For faster ser- vice, have a license or state ID card with you. Note: You take the ballot out of the building.

Saturday was the last day to allow that. 4. New systems New voting machines will be all over the place including across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. But easier to use than ever, clerks insist. Voters used to seeing a name, then moving right to in an oval, may now see to the left of the name a small rectangle to in.

the oval used to be faint. Now, with the rectangle, very bold. You miss Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown said. 5. No ID? Poll workers will ask voters for a li- cense, a state ID card or other photo ID.

have it? You can still vote. Just sign an that says you are who you say you are. Contact Bill Laitner: press.com FIVE THINGS TO KNOW Voting should be quick, easy on Tuesday Small ballots, slim turnouts likely to mean little waiting Bill Laitner Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK More online Find out more about all the races on the ballot at Freep.com/voterguide Find all the Free Press endorsements at Freep.com/opinion U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, the black woman to serve as chief judge of the federal bench in Detroit and who spent much of her six-decade-long career shunning the spotlight, died over the weekend. She was 84.

was with sadness that we have learned that Judge Anna Diggs Taylor passed away over the Court Administrator Dave Weaver wrote in an e-mail to today. thoughts are with Judge family at this According to court Taylor died Sat- urday night at Sunrise of Grosse Pointe Woods, an assisted living center, following a brief ill- ness. Taylor was a liberal with Democratic roots who defended civil rights workers in the South in the 1960s. She was appointed to the federal bench in 1979 by then President Jimmy Carter. During her extensive legal career, the former City of Detroit attorney helped Coleman Young become the elected black mayor of Detroit and later defended his to inte- grate city government in the mid-1970s.

Yet, as Federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor died over the weekend at age 84. FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR 1932-2017 Trailblazer judge shunned spotlight in 6-decade career Tresa Baldas Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See TAYLOR, Page 5A The seven tiny houses that dot the north- west Detroit street of Elmhurst are charming and unique. Each seems to have a personality. While the batch of homes has become something of a mecca for architecturally curi- ous tourists, their purpose goes far deeper than a trend. The aim is to help low-income peo- ple, and formerly homeless indi- viduals, attain an asset and begin to accrue wealth.

organizations have used tiny houses with homeless people, but never has it been a home ownership said the Rev. Faith Fowler, director of Cass Community Social Ser- vices, Monday morning at the groundbreaking for the next tiny houses. In the fall of 2016, the organization began to chip away at their goal of building 25 tiny homes over a chunk of land that Cass Community Social Services owns. With the help of volunteers, seven were built last fall, and on Monday, ground was broken for new homes. The organization hopes to build or six more next spring.

With each home costing an estimated $50,000 to build, according to Fowler, they are sponsored by various organizations. For GM, which gave $135,000 to help con- struct three homes two in this round and one next spring the money is going to homes for women. thought it would be important be- cause women are the stability of the local community, so we thought it would be im- portant to provide funding for economic said Lori Wingerter, chief philan- thropic at GM, who said the automak- volunteer component Team GM Cares would help to construct the homes using only women volunteers. focus- ing on the houses going to women, we thought this would be a great teamwork and Residents have moved into these three tiny houses and the four others on Elmhurst Street in Detroit. ALLIE GROSS Tiny houses 1 small step on path to middle class Allie Gross Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See TINY, Page 4A.