Janitor

Attention, Kmart shoppers: "Come out with your hands up."That was the message last night for two youthful thieves whose after-hours plan to steal a cartload of shotguns and rifles from an East Baltimore Kmart fizzled when they were discovered by a janitor.The two 15-year-olds, residents of the Hollander Ridge apartments, hid inside the Kmart store in the Parkside Shopping Center in the 5100 block of Sinclair Lane when it closed at 8 p.m., according to city police spokesman Sam Ringgold, who gave this account:Dressed in dark clothes, the two left a storeroom and loaded rifles, shotguns and ammunition from the sporting goods department into a shopping cart.

Two youths tried to come up with their own Blue Light Special in the shotgun department at an East Baltimore Kmart last night.The two 15-year-olds hid inside the Kmart store in the Parkside Shopping Center in the 5100 block of Sinclair Lane when it closed at 8 p.m., according to city police spokesman Sam Ringgold. The youths loaded shotguns and ammunition into a shopping cart. The plot fell apart when the burglars were discovered by a janitor at 9:15 p.m. The janitor had a brief discussion with the two youths, fled and hid in the store's cafeteria, where he called police.

IN SCENE One of "Golden Years" -- oops, make that "Stephen King's Golden Years" -- an actor obviously made up to look much older than he is comes to work as a janitor at some sort of agricultural research facility that has the security of a nuclear silo.Though he is clearly a bright, alert fellow, there is much talk of his advanced age -- nearly 71. And, a few scenes down the line, he is even forced into retirement by a bad guy military boss citing a close failure on an eye exam, as if eagle eyesight is important for the clean-up crew.

A 44-year-old custodian has been found fatally shot in a furnace room in Southeast Middle School, police say.About 3 p.m. yesterday, an electrical contractor arriving to do air-conditioning work at the school discovered the fully clothed body of the custodian, Barbara A. Thrower, lying on her back in the boiler room on the ground floor of the school, in the 6800 block of Fait Ave., near O'Donnell Street.Thrower, of the 2000 block of E. Lanvale St., had been shot several times in the head and chest, police said.

THOUGH THE CONCEPT is borrowed, Fox's debut in the television movie business has something unusual in a made-for-TV comedy film: laughs. Not chuckles or warm smiles or wry grins, but actual out-and-out laughs.It also has George Carlin, which accounts for a great deal in the guffaw department."Working Trash," which will be on Channel 45 (WBFF) at 8 o'clock tonight, is a twist on the theme of Mike Nichols' "Working Girl." Then again, that was a twist on the theme of Cinderella, so who's keeping score, anyway?