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A man known to police for about 20 years was arrested again Thursday night when detectives said they found crack cocaine hidden in his buttocks, the Enterprise reported.Brockton police Gang Unit detectives were on routine patrol in the area of Spring and Walnut streets, about 11:06 p.m., when they noticed a group of eight to 10 people standing in the street.Just about two hundred feet west of that location, police found a 23-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm the prior night.On Thursday night, the detectives noticed one of the men was drinking out of a can that had a paper bag wrapped around it, so they approached the group, police Detective Sgt. Michael Dennehy said.“As they approached the group, two males broke off and were stopped standing in front of a house that had clear no trespassing signs posted,” Dennehy saidOne of the two men, identified by police as Gerard M. Gibbs, was well-known to the detectives, Dennehy said.“When they pat frisked Gibbs, they realized he had something tucked under his buttocks,” he said. “They immediately believed it to be drugs.”When Gibbs realized the detectives knew he was hiding something, he tried to get away, Dennehy said.“He tried to pull away from them,” he said. “He was twisting and pushing his body off of the house they had him up against and he was trying to headbutt the officers.”When they put Gibbs in handcuffs, the bag of suspected narcotics fell out of his pants and onto the ground, Dennehy said.The bag, which contained three smaller bags of a rock-like white substance, tested positive for crack cocaine at the police station, Dennehy said. It weighed 9.5 grams.Gibbs, 35, of 65 Emmet St., Apt. 2, Brockton, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance, resisting arrest and trespassingPolice say Gibbs has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1996, when he was 15 years old. He was arrested in September 2013 on gun, ammunition and assault charges. And he was the victim of a shooting inside Bar Dino’s on Main Street in September 2006. He was hit twice in his shoulder and hand when a fight ensued after he told police someone tried to steal his necklace.Gibbs was expected to be arraigned on the new case Friday in Brockton District Court