While the trooper was securing the first suspect, 49-year-old Willie Jarvis Storie from Mesick, two of the suspects fled carrying bags.
An MSP K9 Team tracked the suspects through snow and across the Manistee River.
Gustafson was arraigned Wednesday in a Wexford County court for one count aid and abet larceny from a motor vehicle, one count tampering with evidence and resisting and obstructing police.