Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

I am homeless. I was surfing porn in the library on a laptop I had checked out. My back was to the wall; no one saw me. A few minutes into it, a voice said into my headphones �Your computer has been seized.� The computer then displayed a frozen screen that said I had to pay $200 or $300 (I can�t remember the amount) to unfreeze the computer. The charge listed was something like �Illegally downloading porn / Child porn�. I left the computer where it was , and left the library. I�m almost positive no one could have stolen the computer; there was a security system at the door, and a security guard watching it. I had porn surfed five or six other times at the library, using my same library card and G-Mail account. All of the sites I ever visited were �straight;� no kiddie porn that I ever saw or clicked on. I�m thinking that a warning popped up telling me to exit a site, and I mistook it for another advertisement, and ignored it. I�m wondering what I�m looking at as far as state and federal charges, and if you know of anyone who could help me legally.

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