Police say the driver in a high-profile hit-and-run called them to confess not long after the wreck, according to newly filed court documents.
The deadly crash on Feb. 7 drew headlines across the region and sparked a hunt for the driver who allegedly sped through a stop sign and hit 54-year-old Lori Ann Carreon as she bicycled through the intersection of Second Street and Redondo Avenue.
A pair of search warrants detectives recently filed at Long Beach Superior Court give the clearest view of what happened next: The car involved in the crash was a rental, they wrote, and instead of staying at the scene, the driver drove back to his apartment in downtown Los Angeles.
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The next day, the driver allegedly called Avis Car Rental to report that he was in a crash that damaged the car. Avis picked it up at 8:38 a.m. and towed it to their rental facility near Los Angeles International Airport, detectives wrote…