JOHNSTOWN — A former firefighter and leader of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department in Hollidaysburg will serve 46 months in a federal prison for embezzling more than $1.5 million from a grant that was supposed to be used to recruit new volunteers. U.S. District Judge Kim R. Gibson handed down the sentence for Benjamin Allen Rhine, 49, of Duncansville, Monday. “I accept full responsibility. I never blamed anybody. I’ve accepted full responsibility since Day One,” said Rhine as he asked the judge to sentence him to a short prison term so that he can get to work and pay back ...