An off-duty Atlantic City special officer was arrested Friday after he allegedly followed a man in Pleasantville and threatened to kill him, police said.

A man called police Friday night just before 10 p.m. to report that Alim Adams, 22, and two other men were following him, according to a Pleasantville Police Department spokesman.

The man met officers in front of the Pleasentville police station, where he described the vehicle they were driving.

Patrolling officers tracked down Adams, an Atlantic City Class II special law enforcement officer, and questioned him. He was arrested on one charge of terrorist threats, and released, police said.

A spokesman for the Atlantic City Police Department said their department is not commenting on the arrest at this time.

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