text: On the run: Clarence Taylor, 44, remains at large after police in Akron, Ohio ordered his arrest in connected to a bizarre 'faked kidnapping' last fall . A man is on the run after police charged him with faking his own kidnapping in a bizarre incident last fall. Police say Clarence Taylor, 44, faked his own kidnapping by duct taping his mouth and tying himself to a tree in Akron, Ohio. On November 1, Taylor's 45-year-old girlfriend called police, saying he had been missing for several days. While she was on the phone with investigators, the girlfriend received a call from another of Taylor's friends who said he had found him tied to a tree with zip ties in a wooded area near Stoner Creek and Pickford Ave. That unidentified man then led police to Taylor, who was strangely still bound to the tree. It's unclear why his friend did not cut him down initially. Police then released Taylor and took him to Akron General Medical Center. Taylor told police that a group of men tied him to the tree after stealing $2,500 from him. He says he was walking down Beechwood Drive when he saw the men with shotguns who abducted took him and took him away in their van. Taylor claimed to have been left tied to the tree for several days, despite not showing any signs of dehydration or injuries consistent with being out in the cold and rainy weather for an extended period of time. Police have since charged Taylor with a first-degree misdemeanor charge of falsification. A warrant was issued for his arrest last month but Taylor remains at large. Police have not revealed the reason for the warrant's four month delay or a motive behind the fake kidnapping. Calls to the Akron, Ohio Police and Summit County, Ohio Sheriff's Office were not immediately returned Monday morning.
target: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Clarence Taylor, 44, who remains at large .
  Authorities say the Akron, Ohio man faked his own kidnapping last fall .
  Taylor was found bound to a tree with duct tape covering his mouth of November 1 .
  He claimed men with shotguns kidnapped him, stole $2,500 and then left him tied to the tree for several days .
  However, medical records show Taylor suffered no dehydration or injuries consistent with being out in the rainy weather for an extended period .
  It's unclear why authorities delayed  in ordering the arrest .