Sixty-year-old Dr. Henry D. Babenco of Paducah, the victim of Monday's plane crash, was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2019 on a charge of conspiracy to distribute Schedule II controlled drugs.
At the time, Babenco worked at LaFollette Wellness Center in Lafollette, Tennessee. He was one of eight people indicted in Tennessee and dozens nationwide in the fight against illegal prescribing and distribution of opioids and other drugs.
About four years ago, Babenco worked as an anesthesiologist at Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital.
His plane crashed Monday in a field near the intersection of Twin Hill Road and Spence Chapel Road, just north of I-69. Less than a mile from the north end of the Mayfield Graves Count Airport runway and about three miles northeast of Mayfield.
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