A St. Louis-area man is accused of stealing more than $500 from his nephew’s piggy bank and spending the money on drugs and prostitutes.

Investigators say 30-year-old Baron Calmese Jr. took the money from his 4-year-old nephew’s bank last summer after first asking the boy’s mother — his sister — if he could borrow some change.

Authorities say she told Calmese he could take $2.

But the mother says he took all the money he could shake out of it. St. Louis County prosecutors have charged Calmese with one count of felony stealing. Calmese is out of jail on his own recognizance.