Marquis Hucks, 36, is accused of two counts of second degree assault. Police say he grabbed a five-year-old boy and repeatedly slammed his head into kitchen cabinets.

He's also accused of beating a seven-year-old girl with a belt buckle and slamming her head into a car door.

Police say the children were treated for pain, soreness, cuts and abrasions.

YNN has learned Hucks, is a Level 3 Sex Offender, considered a sexually violent offender. He was convicted in 1993 of first degree sodomy. He was released from prison in 2008.

Hucks is due back in Rochester City Court Friday for a preliminary hearing.