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Gastonia man faces another DWI charge

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Michael Wayne Upton

A Gastonia man with multiple drunken-driving convictions remains in jail Tuesday after being arrested for DWI again this week

The Gaston Gazette reports Michael Wayne Upton, 45, was arrested early Monday in Cramerton after he ran through a red light on a mo-ped and was in the wrong lane.

Upton has been convicted seven times of DWI from incidents in four counties, and was given probationary sentences in those cases, according to the Gazette.

Early Tuesday, Upton was being held under a $250,000 bond in the Gaston County Detention Center, according to the sheriff’s office website.

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