AKRON, Ohio - The 53-year-old man found dead Thursday at an Akron recycling facility was recently released from prison after serving an 18-month sentence for assaulting a woman, records show.

David Len Moran was found dead on a conveyor belt at Greenstar Recycling on Exeter Road near East Waterloo Road. Employees found his body just after 7:30 a.m. while employees sorted through recyclables, investigators said.

The cause and manner of his death have not been determined, and investigators have not said where he died. An Akron police report does not provide additional details.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is not investigating his death because it is not believed to be a workplace fatality, an agency spokesman said Friday.

Moran was released from prison Dec. 5, at the conclusion of an 18-month sentence for aggravated assault, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records show.

Moran pleaded guilty Sept. 24, 2015 to assaulting a 54-year-old woman at her Akron home. Moran cut her with a pair of scissors, punched her in the head and choked her with a cord, according to a police report.

The woman said she let Moran stay with her because he was homeless, police said at the time. It's unclear if Moran was homeless when he died.

Moran's criminal history also includes convictions for violating a protection order, theft, forgery, and aggravated burglary, Summit County Common Pleas Court records show.

Attempts to reach Moran's family Friday were unsuccessful.

Greenstar is the same recycling facility where a 24-year-old worker died Feb. 22 after becoming trapped in a baler.

Eric Russell, of Akron, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a police report.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is still investigating that incident. The investigation could take several months to complete, an agency spokesman said at the time.

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