LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne man was sentenced to 212 years in federal prison Thursday for intentionally driving his ex-wife and two autistic sons off a wharf at the Port of Los Angeles into the ocean – drowning the boys who were trapped in the car – to collect on accidental death insurance policies he had taken out on their lives.Ali Elmezayen, 45, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F.
Walter, who, in imposing the maximum sentence allowed by law, noted Elmezayen’s "evil and diabolical scheme" as well as the "vicious and callous nature of his crimes.""He is the ultimate phony and a skillful liar…and is nothing more than a greedy and brutal killer," Walter said.