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I think you're probably right that it was partly MS's history that warranted the larger presence. But still, from your links, we do know that DM was arrested "without incident". And that a force of LE arrived at MS's house with guns drawn, according to the neighbor and I'm sure we all remember the pictures with the guns and bullet proof vests. That still says to me that MS's history told LE that violence was a possibility. We heard nothing about them even calling for backup when DM was arrested, just that he was followed for a few hours and arrested without incident. There didn't seem to be any fear that he would jump out of his vehicle with a gun or anything. Which brings us back to the unanswered question of why people would assume that DM was the "leader" in what happened.
JMO
We don't have any pics at all from when DM was arrested, so can't compare any visual of the two events. Also, when DM was stopped, LE didn't know that Tim had been murdered. Once they had the knowledge that such a grisly killing had taken place and believed Smich to be involved, I suspect they weren't taking any chances.